UNICEF: Keeping the world’s children learning through COVID-19
date：2020-06-03 20:43author：小编source：UNICEFviews：
The numbers are unprecedented, the implications enormous. As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the globe, a majority of countries have announced the temporary closure of schools, impacting more than 91 per cent of students worldwide – around 1.6 billion children and young people.
Never before have so many children been out of school at the same time, disrupting learning and upending lives, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised. Here are some of the ways UNICEF is working with partners to keep schools safe and students learning, in classrooms or at home, online and offline – wherever they are.
Never before have so many children been out of school at the same time, disrupting learning and upending lives, especially the most vulnerable and marginalised. Here are some of the ways UNICEF is working with partners to keep schools safe and students learning, in classrooms or at home, online and offline – wherever they are.
Ukraine
Since the school closures, UNICEF has been supporting the Ukraine Ministry of Education and Science with distance learning options for students to ensure continuity and help parents, caregivers and teachers access remote education resources and support during quarantine.
Ukraine is also one of the first countries since the COVID-19 pandemic to roll out its online curriculum through the Learning Passport, a global learning platform launched by UNICEF and Microsoft to help children and youth affected by COVID-19 continue their education at home.
Ukraine is also one of the first countries since the COVID-19 pandemic to roll out its online curriculum through the Learning Passport, a global learning platform launched by UNICEF and Microsoft to help children and youth affected by COVID-19 continue their education at home.
Rwanda
More than 3 million students are out of school in Rwanda since the government recommended schools close to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. To keep children learning, the country has turned to one of its most accessible mediums: radio.
UNICEF identified more than 100 radio scripts from around the world focusing on basic literacy and numeracy that could be adapted to align with Rwanda’s school curriculum. It then worked with partners, including the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency, to produce and air the classes around the country.
UNICEF identified more than 100 radio scripts from around the world focusing on basic literacy and numeracy that could be adapted to align with Rwanda’s school curriculum. It then worked with partners, including the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency, to produce and air the classes around the country.
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is also rolling out its curriculum on the Learning Passport platform after schools in the country closed in March to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The content available to schoolchildren includes online books, videos and additional support for parents of children with learning disabilities.
Syria
Even before COVID-19, millions of children in Syria were out of school or at risk of dropping out as the country entered its tenth year of conflict. The suspension of classes in mid-March as a precautionary measure has created further uncertainty for millions more children.
“I was shocked when I heard that [school] would be suspended,” says 12-year-old Maram from her home in Ar-Raqqa.
Maram is using the Self-Learning Programme books she received a few months ago to help keep her education on track. Designed to help children who have either dropped out of school or who are at risk of doing so, the programme helps children to continue learning core subjects such as Arabic and English, math, and science.
“I was shocked when I heard that [school] would be suspended,” says 12-year-old Maram from her home in Ar-Raqqa.
Maram is using the Self-Learning Programme books she received a few months ago to help keep her education on track. Designed to help children who have either dropped out of school or who are at risk of doing so, the programme helps children to continue learning core subjects such as Arabic and English, math, and science.
North Macedonia
Within days of the closures in North Macedonia, UNICEF and the Government had shifted lessons from the country’s classrooms to its living rooms. One key initiative was the TV-Classroom, which involves volunteer teachers delivering classes and presenting a range of activities, including exercise routines, in the five languages used in the country’s schools.
Viet Nam
UNICEF has been supporting the Ministry of Education and Training of Viet Nam in developing online and offline learning materials, including for physical exercise, to help improve children’s physical strength, health and mental wellbeing during the school closures.
Côte d'Ivoire
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, caregivers and educators have responded in stride, and have been instrumental in finding new ways to keep children learning. In Côte d'Ivoire, UNICEF has been working with the Ministry of Education on a ‘school at home’ initiative that includes taping lessons to be aired on national TV.
Latin America and the Caribbean
By late March, around 95 per cent of enrolled children were temporarily out of school due to COVID-19 across Latin America and the Caribbean.
To help keep children learning, UNICEF launched the #LearningAtHome initiative, providing a fun new activity every day that parents can adapt and share with others, from treasure hunt puzzles to creative toy spiderwebs.
To help keep children learning, UNICEF launched the #LearningAtHome initiative, providing a fun new activity every day that parents can adapt and share with others, from treasure hunt puzzles to creative toy spiderwebs.
Malawi
Almost six million school-age children in Malawi have been forced to stay home since schools in the country were closed in late March as part of efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
UNICEF Malawi is supporting the Malawi Government in the development of continuity of learning programmes that will be delivered on radio, television and online.
UNICEF Malawi is supporting the Malawi Government in the development of continuity of learning programmes that will be delivered on radio, television and online.
Indonesia
As part of its COVID-19 response, UNICEF is working with the Government to provide support and guidelines for distance learning and child protection while schools are closed, as well as supporting work on a TV programme to help children with limited internet access.
Source: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/keeping-worlds-children-learning-through-covid-19
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