Tag Archives: covid-19

The impact of COVID-19 school closures and stress on adolescent mental health in Kenya

Posted on 1 June 2021 by GEM Report

By Jessie Pinchoff, Karen Austrian, Faith Mbushi, Population Council & Julie Mwabe, Kenya Executive Office of the President, Policy and Strategy Unit “I had anxiety because we left school when we were just about to sit for the exams, and … Continue reading →

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Have we underestimated the number of students affected by school closures?

Posted on 25 May 2021 by GEM Report

By Silvia Montoya, Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics The COVID-19 pandemic has not only brought the loss of many lives and severe pressures on health systems, it has also had a severe and negative impact on livelihoods of disadvantaged people … Continue reading →

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COVID‑19 highlights an opportunity for out-of-school children

Posted on 14 May 2021 by GEM Report

The response of education during the pandemic has revealed the possibilities, both digital and non-digital, to reduce the number of out-of-school children, including those who were already excluded before the COVID‑19 crisis. By Wongani Grace Taulo, Suguru Mizunoya, Garen Avanesian, … Continue reading →

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Counting the cost of COVID-19 on learning in rural Kenya

Posted on 11 May 2021 by GEM Report

By Dr Junaid Mubeen, Director of Education at Whizz Education Learning loss has floated into the lexicon of educators, as we reckon with the consequences of COVID-19 on students’ academic progress. It can be defined in multiple ways. At Whizz … Continue reading →

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There is wide disparity in teachers’ working hours

Posted on 7 January 2021 by GEM Report

Read in Spanish Well before COVID-19 started blurring the boundaries between work and home life for teachers, with new hybrid ways of teaching putting extra pressures, the Education 2030 Framework for Action had recognized teachers’ right to decent working conditions. … Continue reading →