COVID-19: Are children able to continue learning during school closures?
- Author:
- UNICEF
- Publisher:
- United Nations Children's Fund
- Publication Date:
- 28 August 2020
- Tags:
- Africa, Coronavirus, Education
In response to the unprecedented educational challenges created by school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 90 per cent of countries have implemented some form of remote learning policy. This factsheet estimates the potential reach of digital and broadcast remote learning responses, finding that at least 463 million students around the globe remain cut off from education, mainly due to a lack of remote learning policies or lack of equipment needed for learning at home.
