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Africa: Almost Half of Children in East and Southern Africa Unable to Access Online Learning - Report
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 27 August 2020
Children in Africa have been most impacted with 49% of children in East and Southern Africa unable to access remote education compared to 38% in South Asia and 34% in East Europe… Read more »
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South Africa: Universities Must Adapt or Wither Away - Online Learning Is Here to Stay
Daily Maverick, 27 August 2020
Without Covid-19, it is likely that the majority of South African universities would not have engaged with the importance of developing robust e-learning offerings. The pandemic… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: E-Learning and Its Tragedies
The Herald, 10 June 2020
The introduction of a nationwide lockdown on March 30, 2020 to curb the spread of COVID-19 halted almost everything save for a few critical service providers in Zimbabwe. Read more »
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Malawi: Unicaf University Pleads With Malawi 'Embrace Online Learning to Meet Demand for Degrees'
Nyasa Times, 15 June 2020
Vice Chancellor for Unicaf University-Malawi Professor Kuthemba Mwale has appealed to Malawian students to embrace online learning to meet demands for degree and higher… Read more »
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Kenya: 80% of Students Missing Virtual Learning Amid School Closures - Study
Capital FM, 18 May 2020
A new study now shows about eighty per cent of students are missing out on virtual classes set up following the closure of learning institutions as part of coronavirus containment… Read more »
Children in East, Southern Africa Lack Access to e-Learning
One in three schoolchildren across the world have been unable to access remote learning during novel coronavirus school closures, the U.N. children's agency has said, warning of a "global education emergency". Learners in Africa are impacted the most, with almost half unable to access remote education, compared to 38% in South Asia and 34% in eastern Europe and Central Asia according to a report by UNICEF.
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