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Don’t forget about those who were not in school before the pandemic
🔊 Listen to this blog By Andrew Christensen, Dr Carla Pezzulo , Professor Andy Tatem , Dr Victor Alegana and Omar Bakari, academics and practitioners working in education policy, disability rights, public health, and geospatial and data science School closures … Continue reading
Posted in Out-of-school children, Primary school, Secondary school
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, out of school, out of school children, target 4.1, youth
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Mission: Recovering Education 2021
By Stefania Giannini, Robert Jenkins and Jaime Saavedra 🔊 Listen to this blog When your house is on fire, you don’t worry about how big it is, the colour of the paint on the walls, or whether the kitchen is … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Finance, Learning, Out-of-school children, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, learning, out of school, target 4.1, target 4.6, Target 4.a
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How will countries make up for lost learning during the pandemic?
🔊 Listen to this blog As one lockdown week morphs into another, the learning of millions of students continues to be disrupted. UNESCO figures show, on average, two-thirds of an academic year has been lost worldwide due to COVID-19 school closures. The learning loss is enormous. The … Continue reading
Posted in curriculum, Finance, Learning, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, curriculum, finance, financing, learning, target 4.1, target 4.6
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Two-thirds of poorer countries are cutting education budgets due to COVID-19
Read in Spanish Education budgets are not adjusting proportionately to the challenges brought about by COVID-19, especially in poorer countries. Despite additional funding needs, two-thirds of low- and lower-middle-income countries have, in fact, cut their public education budgets since the … Continue reading
Posted in Finance
Tagged budgets, coronavirus, covid19, Education Finance Watch, finance, financing
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COVID-19 has prompted countries to adjust and rethink financing for equity in education
It has become commonplace to acknowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic has widened the inequalities that pre-existed in education systems and has opened new rifts. We also know that education may be increasingly capturing the media headlines but not finance ministers’ … Continue reading
Mekdes: a COVID-19 learning hero for deaf children in Ethiopia
This blog is part of a series of blogs telling the stories of COVID-19 learning heroes, whose stories were celebrated during International Education Day. Right after the first COVID-19 case was reported in Ethiopia in March 2020, the government ordered … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Learning, pedagogy, Teachers, teaching
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, covid19learningheroes, disability, teachers
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Time to roll out education’s recovery package
By Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO Humanity likes clear cut resolutions to crises and flees uncertainty. As the new year begins, the world has neither – the pandemic is resurging, vaccination campaigns are still in their infancy, and … Continue reading
Emerging from COVID-19 pandemic: A social inclusion approach to educating learners with disabilities
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
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, disabilities, disability, Inclusion, inclusive education
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Re-building resilient education systems: three lessons on the privatisation of education emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic
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
Posted in Non-state actors, private schools, private sector, privatisation
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, Non-state actors, privatisation
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What is the best pedagogy for managing the transition back to school ?
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
Posted in Disaster preparedness, emergencies, Health, pedagogy
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, Health, pedagogy, policy, sanitation, Target 4.a
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