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Parents dropping their children off at school as teachers await them

Reopening schools in Uruguay during a health emergency

Parents dropping their children off at school as teachers await them
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By Julia Perez Zorrilla

Story also available in: Español

Reopening schools in Uruguay during a health emergency

2020 has been a very peculiar year. I started working as an Education Officer in UNICEF Uruguay at the end of January. One month later, a new President assumed office. Two weeks after that, the first case of COVID-19 was detected, and the President declared a national emergency and closed all schools. We switched to working from home,… Read more →←
Three young children read a school text book together

Reimagining education in Timor-Leste: Learning Passport

Three young children read a school text book together
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By Maria Lujan Tubio

Reimagining education in Timor-Leste: Learning Passport

COVID-19 has upended everything in Timor-Leste, but it has also been a catalyst for experimentation and rethinking how the education system works. It’s been the most exciting time of my career, to seize the opportunity to do so much to transform how the education system works in just a few short months. I feel like the country has… Read more →←
A girl using laptop at home in South Africa.

South Africa: COVID-19, schools reopening and digital learning

A girl using laptop at home in South Africa.
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By Wycliffe Otieno

South Africa: COVID-19, schools reopening and digital learning

COVID-19 has jolted a South African education sector that has not seen a mass disruption of learning on this scale. An immediate, coordinated response was required. The strategic relationships we had built with key influencers in government and quasi-government bodies came in handy. Through a phone call with the CEO of the National… Read more →←
A owman and young boy work together at a laptop.

UNICEF Volunteers support distance learning for every child in Kyrgyzstan during COVID-19

A owman and young boy work together at a laptop.
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By Nazigul Zhusupova

UNICEF Volunteers support distance learning for every child in Kyrgyzstan during COVID-19

The global COVID-19 pandemic changed lives in Kyrgyzstan as it did in many parts of the world. Due to the state of emergency in some cities and regions, including the capital Bishkek, many institutions were closed, some organizations switched to remote working, and people were only allowed to leave their houses to go to essential… Read more →←
A boy in a mask writing his lessons.

Lessons from Ebola: how to reach the poorest children when schools reopen

A boy in a mask writing his lessons.
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By Wongani Grace Taulo

Lessons from Ebola: how to reach the poorest children when schools reopen

When I joined the UNICEF Sierra Leone office as the chief of education in 2014, the country was at the peak of its Ebola epidemic. I walked straight into a crisis that had put over 1.8 million school-going children and adolescents out of school. The effects of Ebola are terrifying. But like many public health crises, their impact on… Read more →←
A group of children in school uniform form a human chain in a school yard.

Peace education for a better future in DRC

A group of children in school uniform form a human chain in a school yard.
Impact

By Yera Kim

Story also available in: Français

Peace education for a better future in DRC

“We are children! We want peace! We want school! Let’s make peace among us!” Watching a group of children at Lumbwe primary school singing and dancing to peace slogans was amusing, only until I learned about the physical and emotional wounds each child in the group bore. “The girl singing in the middle of the circle was… Read more →←
A girl in a dark classroom

When teachers are heroes

A girl in a dark classroom
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By Enrique Patino

Story also available in: Español

When teachers are heroes

UNICEF’s Back to School programme in Venezuela improves the living conditions of students, but none of this would be possible without the support of teachers. Two stories connected by love of the profession. Lilibeth Aular and Laura Albarrán both awake with the first rays of dawn, shortly before 6 am. One lives in Baruta, near… Read more →←
A boy carves on wood.

The future of learning

A boy carves on wood.
Experts speak

By Robert Jenkins

The future of learning

A transformative approach to education must have learning at its centre and go beyond traditional understandings of what is to be taught in classrooms. It must also reach all learners – whether in school or out – so that no young person is left behind. Right now, there are 1.8 billion adolescents and young people growing up in a… Read more →←
A broken stump of wood juts out of the ground.

You can take their schools but not their dreams

A broken stump of wood juts out of the ground.
Children in emergencies

By Helene Sandbu Ryeng

Story also available in: Español

You can take their schools but not their dreams

The sound of students reciting the alphabet is replaced by silence. The stillness is only broken by wind rattling the dry grass surrounding the pole stumps in straight lines on the barren plain. The poles used to hold Ogweni primary school, then the conflict came. One hour by plane from the capital Juba and 15 minutes by boat on the… Read more →←
A man and two women sitting on white couches holding mics. Behind themis a backdrop featuring the faces of young girls.

6 ways you can prepare for a career that doesn’t exist yet

A man and two women sitting on white couches holding mics. Behind themis a backdrop featuring the faces of young girls.
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By Noelle Elmore

6 ways you can prepare for a career that doesn’t exist yet

On 12 September, 2018, UNICEF hosted the TomorrowReady event — a discussion about how tech and innovation are going to shape the future for children and young people. I went behind-the-scenes to get some advice from the panelists: Nicholas Thompson, Editor-in-Chief of WIRED; Stephanie Sy, CEO and Lead Data-Scientist of Thinking… Read more →←
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