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Tag Archives: covid-19
The impact of COVID-19 school closures and stress on adolescent mental health in Kenya
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
Posted in Out-of-school children, Youth
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, kenya, mental health, target 4.1, youth
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Have we underestimated the number of students affected by school closures?
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
Posted in Learning, Out-of-school children
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, learning, learning outcomes, out of school, out of school children, target 4.6
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COVID‑19 highlights an opportunity for out-of-school children
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
Posted in Out-of-school children
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, out of school, target 4.1
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Counting the cost of COVID-19 on learning in rural Kenya
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
Posted in Learning, Literacy
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, learning, learning assessments, learning outcomes
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There is wide disparity in teachers’ working hours
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
Posted in Quality of education, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged covid, covid-19, Target 4.a, teachers
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