Tag Archives: coronavirus

Emerging from COVID-19 pandemic: A social inclusion approach to educating learners with disabilities

Posted on 19 October 2020 by

By Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo, Global Disability Advisor, World Bank and Anna Cristina D’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst at the GEM Report The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of children to stay at home and physically out of school. Despite planned … Continue reading →

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Re-building resilient education systems: three lessons on the privatisation of education emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted on 2 October 2020 by

English / Español By members of the Privatisation in Education and Human Rights Consortium It is well-known that the disruptions to education due to COVID-19 are enormous. In order to understand the full effects of the pandemic, members of the … Continue reading →

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What is the best pedagogy for managing the transition back to school ?

Posted on 28 September 2020 by

By Le Thu Huong, Programme Specialist, Section of Education Policy at UNESCO Going to school is important for children, but it may be a daunting experience this year due to the pandemic. Returning after months of being locked-down and studying … Continue reading →

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Why the world urgently needs a global plan to get all children safely back to school 

Posted on 26 August 2020 by

By Hollie Warren, Head of Education: Save the Children The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated more than ever that global crises require global solutions. In April, faced with a global health emergency like no other, the international community came together in … Continue reading →

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Preparing for the new normal in Pakistan amid COVID 19 – A case for accelerated learning

Posted on 21 August 2020 by

By Hamza Sarfraz, Policy Researcher and Zain ul Abidin, Programme Specialist at Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi Several months after it first hit globally, governments and experts across the world have now finally begun to register the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis. Education … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 poised to set aid to education back by six years

Posted on 10 July 2020 by

English / Español A new GEM Report policy paper released today shows that total aid to education reached its highest ever levels in 2018, the latest available year. However, it estimates that global aid is likely to decline by up … Continue reading →

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How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting contract teachers in sub-Saharan Africa

Posted on 9 July 2020 by

By Peter Wallet, Teacher Task Force and Pierre Varly, Consultant The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on education systems. At its height, 194 countries had implemented country-wide school closures, affecting 63 million primary and secondary teachers. Sub-Saharan Africa … Continue reading →

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Global Citizenship Education after the COVID-19 crisis?

Posted on 3 July 2020 by

By Marta Estellés, University of Cantabria, Spain and Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University, USA During the COVID-19 crisis, educational responses have been mainly geared towards minimizing the problems derived from school closures and mantaining educational services. While it is … Continue reading →

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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on prosocial skills

Posted on 29 May 2020 by

By Gabriel Bădescu, Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania, and GEM Report fellow All over the world, he Covid-19 pandemic has led to school closures. Poorer nations have tended to bring in stricter measures, relative to the severity of their outbreaks, … Continue reading →

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The world post-Covid-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar

Posted on 20 May 2020 by

English / Español By Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair, Board of Directors, Asia=Pacific Regional Network on Early Childhood (ARNEC) Post-Covid-19, the world will not be the same for a very long time. Life may be so different that there might not even … Continue reading →

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