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sábado, 14 de agosto de 2021

The Costs of and Response to COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on the Education Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean

 

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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sábado, 24 de julho de 2021

Do you know what 'THE NUCLEAR FOOTBALL' is?

 



The nuclear football is a briefcase, the contents of which are to be used by the President of the United States to authorize a nuclear attack while away from fixed command centers, such as the White House Situation Room or the Presidential Emergency Operations Center.

 

It functions as a mobile hub in the strategic defense system of the United States. It is held by an aide-de-camp.

 

(From Wikipedia) 

 


Pentagon puzzle: What if the nuclear ‘football’ goes missing?

https://asiatimes.com/2021/07/pentagon-puzzle-what-if-the-nuclear-football-goes-missing/

 

 

Curiosity

 

 

"Following President Trump's failure to secure a second term, he did not
attend President Biden's inauguration, when the football is normally handed
over. Instead, Trump's football remained with him while a second one
accompanied Biden. At the 12:00 PM EST transition time, the codes in Trump's
and Pence's (who did attend the inauguration) football were deactivated, and
those in Biden's and incoming Vice President Kamala Harris's were activated."

 




Beaumont, Peter (January 19, 2021). "How will Trump pass 'nuclear football' to Biden if he's not at swearing-in?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved July 24, 2021.

 

 

 

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