Study shows no clear link between schools reopening and rise in Covid-19
The Insights for Education study of 191 countries says lockdown closures will leave a ‘pandemic learning debt’ of 300-billion missed school days
01 October 2020 - 12:35
London — Widespread reopening of schools after lockdowns and vacations is generally not linked to rising Covid-19 rates, a study of 191 countries has found, but lockdown closures will leave a 2020 “pandemic learning debt” of 300-billion missed school days.
The analysis, by the Zurich-based independent educational foundation Insights for Education (IFE), said 84% of those 300-billion days would be lost by children in poorer countries, and warned that 711 million pupils were still out of school...
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