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South Africa report on COVID-19’s impact on education offers key lessons
16 April 2021
Findings of a new snapshot research on the impact of the pandemic on education services in South Africa offer important lessons for governments and practitioners across the Commonwealth, says one of the study’s authors.
Effects of the pandemic
Author Dr Amina Osman, who is a Commonwealth Secretariat’s education adviser, said the study demonstrates the deep and scarring effects of the pandemic on children’s learning and lives.
Delivered in partnership with a South African-based education development body, the Joint Education Trust (JET), the study drew on the experience and expertise of young volunteers, university students, newly qualified teachers, researchers, government officials and international experts.