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Education: From disruption to recovery

After the historic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, most schools are back open worldwide but education is still in recovery assessing the damage done and lessons learned. The pandemic affected more than 1.5 billion students and youth with the most vulnerable learners were hit hardest. Some gains already made towards the goals of the 2030 Education Agenda were lost.

From the outset UNESCO's Education Sector worked with ministries of education, public and private partners and civil society to ensure continued learning for all children and youth. The Sector's work is now focused on prioritizing education as a public good for everyone in order to avoid a generational catastrophe and drive sustainable recovery.

Key in its initiatives was the establishment  of the Global Education Coalition, a new model for international cooperation which develops innovative responses to help countries cope with the after effects of the crisis. It counts more than 175 members working around three central themes: gender, connectivity and teachers.

COVID-19 impact on education

Follow the evolution of school closures and learning loss across the world since the outbreak of the pandemic

Global monitoring of school closures

 

 

Visualize evolution over time.

43,518,726 affected learners
3% of total enrolled learners
6 country-wide closures

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Note: Figures correspond to number of learners enrolled at pre-primary, primary, lower-secondary, and upper-secondary levels of education [ISCED levels 0 to 3]. Enrolment figures based on latest UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. See methodological note.

Total duration of school closures 

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Global Education Coalition

The Global Education Coalition launched by UNESCO is a platform for collaboration and exchange to protect the right to education during this unprecedented disruption and beyond

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