Dear all,
I do hope this message finds you well!
I sharing this one with you folks.
Acting Now to Protect the Human Capital of Our Children:
The Costs of and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on the Education Sector
in Latin America and the Caribbean
“The sanitary and economic shocks caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic brought about the most significant disruption in the history
of the education sector in Latin America and the Caribbean region, leading to
school closures at all levels and affecting over 170 million students
throughout the region. Despite the tremendous efforts made by countries to
mitigate the lack of in-person education through remote learning, education is
taking a serious hit and outcomes are plummeting in the region. Learning
poverty by the end of primary education could increase by more than 20 percent.
Over 2 in 3 lower secondary education students could fall below minimum
proficiency levels, and learning losses will be substantially larger for the
most disadvantaged students. There is no time to lose. All countries must act
now to make sure schools are ready to reopen safely and effectively
country-wide so as to speed up the recovery process from the dramatic effects
of the pandemic. They can leverage many emerging lessons and evidence, and must
protect public funding for education, to enable this reopening process. While
education systems face a challenge like no other, this exceptionally difficult
situation also opens a window of opportunity to build back better their
education systems to become more effective, equitable and resilient.”
Source:
World Bank. 2021. Acting Now to Protect the Human
Capital of Our Children: The Costs of and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic’s
Impact on the Education Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean. World Bank,
Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35276
License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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