Silvia Montoya, Director UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Martin Gustafsson, Research on Socio-Economic Policy (ReSEP), University of Stellenbosch
The 2020 learning losses equal the gains made in the last 20 years
Some numbers to retain:
- In many developing countries the percentage of children considered proficient was increasing by two percentage points a year before COVID-19
- COVID-19 school disruptions have caused learning losses equal to all of the learning gains in the last two decades
- 101 million children and youth from Grades 1 to 8 will fall below the minimum proficiency level after 2020 [note]
- For each month of no or little contact between teacher and learner two months of learning were lost
- Recovery could occur by 2024, but only if exceptional efforts are devoted to the task through remedial and catch-up strategies