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77 million children have spent 18 months out of class: #ReopenSchools, urges UNICEF

New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the world is facing an education crisis due to the COVID pandemic, that has left nearly 77 million children shut out of the classroom for the past 18 months. more

COVID-19: Education replaced by shuttered schools, violence, teenage pregnancy

New York: A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach for ...

A ‘digital canyon’: 1.3 billion school-aged children can’t log on to internet at home

New York: A staggering two-thirds of world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection in their homes, preventing them from ...

COVID-19 robs children in poor countries of nearly four months of school

New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has robbed children in the poorest countries of nearly four months of schooling, compared to six weeks of lost education for their counterparts in high inc ...

‘Emergency’ for global education, as fewer than half world's students cannot return to school

Classes for more than 450 million students starting the new academic year are expected to be entirely remote – or for some, a mix of distance and in-person learning – the UN e ...

COVID-19: African countries urged to promote a safe return to school

New York: School closures implemented to protect students from COVID-19, are hurting them in other ways, while the long-term impact of this disruption to education could create a “l ...

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