Tagged: education equality

How can formative assessment foster learning as schools reopen?

Education Methods & tools

By Robert Jenkins and Rukmini Banerji

During COVID-19 related school closures, at least 463 million children had no access to remote learning (digital or TV/Radio). This crisis not only affects overall learning levels, but increases gaps, with the learning of children from disadvantaged households more deeply affected. Children from disadvantaged households miss learning… Read more →←

Lessons from COVID-19: Getting remote learning right 

COVID-19 Evidence to Policy

By Thomas Dreesen, Mathieu Brossard, Spogmai Akseer, Akito Kamei, Javier Santiago Ortiz, Pragya Dewan, Juan-Pablo Giraldo, Suguru Mizunoya

This blogpost summarizes recommendations for policy makers and explores 3 good practices for equitable remote learning, based on recent research conducted using data on education responses to COVID-19 from UNICEF staff in 127 countries. To help contain the spread COVID-19, schools have closed around the world, at its… Read more →←

Can we count on parents to help their children learn at home?

COVID-19 Data and Research SDGs

By Akito Kamei, Matt Brossard, Manuel Cardoso, Sakshi Mishra, Suguru Mizunoya and Nicolas Reuge

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 →←

Can broadcast media foster equitable learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic?

COVID-19 Data and Research

By Sheena Bell, Manuel Cardoso, Juan Pablo Giraldo, Nisrine El Makkouk, Bassem Nasir, Suguru Mizunoya and Thomas Dreesen

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 →←

How involved are parents in their children’s learning? MICS6 data reveal critical insights

Data and Research Methods & tools

By Sakshi Mishra, Matt Brossard, Nicolas Reuge, and Suguru Mizunoya

It is widely understood that parents play a pivotal role in a child’s education – research suggests that parental involvement in a child’s education boosts well-being and confidence and is important for academic progression. With school closures due to the global COVID-19 pandemic affecting an estimated 1.58 billion children in… Read more →←

Educating the hardest to reach: Lessons from non-formal education in Nepal

Data and Research Evidence to Policy

By Robert Jenkins and Priscilla Idele

A total of 835,401 children and adolescents were out of school in Nepal in 2017, equivalent to 11.3 per cent of the primary and secondary school aged population (UNESCO – UIS, 2020). This rate varies across the country and population, as barriers related to poverty, social exclusion linked to caste and ethnicity, disability, social… Read more →←

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