| COVID-19 Has Robbed the World’s Poorest Children of Nearly 4 Months of Schooling In April, 9 in 10 of the world’s children were out of school in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Several months later, a new report from UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank finds the return to learning has been much slower in the world’s poorer countries. Researchers looked at nearly 150 countries and found: Schoolchildren in low- and lower-middle-income countries have lost almost four months of learning since the start of the pandemic, compared to six weeks of learning loss in high-income countries; One in 4 countries, most of which are low- and lower-middle-income, have either missed their planned reopening date or not yet set a date for reopening. |
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