The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many unprecedented situations – the unparalleled demand for data is no exception. At all levels – local, national, regional and global – a wide range of data are required to better understand the impacts of COVID-19. At UNICEF, we are on a fast learning curve and are quickly adapting our ways… Read more →←
Topic: Data and Research
Many schools around the world remain closed or experience intermittent closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, making remote learning essential to children’s education. Governments are using a range of methods to support remote learning, including paper-based “take home” learning packages, radio, television and online platforms. In… Read more →←
Adolescence is a unique stage of life. The brain undergoes rapid development; individuals face new experiences, relationships, and environments. These events can be exciting, but they can also be a source of instability and hardship. Half of all mental conditions manifest by early adolescence and between 10 and 20 percent of all children… Read more →←
Eduardinho, a 12-year-old boy from Maputo, Mozambique, wants to be lawyer so he can defend people in need. Access to education has had a profound impact on his life and outlook. Going to school meant he could learn to read, to stand, to walk and to become independent. Most importantly, he has made many friends and looks forward to a… Read more →←
It is commonly accepted, at least for now, that children and adolescents (0-19 years) have been largely spared the direct epidemiological effects of the COVID-19 crisis on their own health and survival. This narrative is based predominantly on early data from the first affected countries of the virus, notably from China (Wuhan Province)… Read more →←
Children engaged in child labour from poor households – even those attending school – are at risk of being left behind when it comes to their learning outcomes. Noah Oletey, aged 12, and his brother Vincent, aged 14, work six nights a week on fishing canoes on Lake Volta in Ghana. Noah and Vincent attend school, but… Read more →←
The global coronavirus pandemic looms large in our minds, altering all aspects of daily life, from how we interact with each other to how we work and what we work on. In this new masked reality, unlike any other, the language of data has become universal. A heightened awareness that our lived, shared experiences can impact the trajectory… Read more →←
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an education emergency of unprecedented global scale. At its peak, over 190 countries closed schools in response to the health emergency, leaving 9 out of 10 enrolled learners around the world out of school. Although previous health emergencies – such as the H1N1 influenza pandemic in 2009 and the Ebola… Read more →←
This blog is the third of a series targeted toward exploring the impact of COVID-19 on education. It focuses on the learning environment at home, the potential parental role for continued learning and their association with reading skills. 53 per cent of children in low- and middle- income countries cannot read and understand a simple… Read more →←
This post is the second in a series of articles focused on helping children continue to learn at home during the COVID-19 global pandemic, emphasizing the need for multiple remote learning platforms to meet the needs of all students. As discussed in the first post in this series on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, school… Read more →←