Shwetlena is a Lead Economist at the Education Global Practice of the World Bank. Her main research interests are in the areas of Economics of Education and Labor
Ekua Bentil is a Senior Education Specialist in the Education Global Practice of the World Bank, with a focus on higher education, digital skills, use of technology
The coronavirus crisis has worsened education inequality between rich and poor in Bangladesh as a huge number of students from poor families are not able to access the distance learning adopted by the government, according to a World Bank working paper.
Only 9.2 percent of children aged between five and 15 years in the poorest households have access to televisions, one of the four remote learning mediums, as opposed to 91 percent of school-going children from the richest households, it said.
Some 59.7 percent of children belonging to the middle-income households have access to tele-broadcasting, said the paper that assessed the impact of school closures on student learning in Bangladesh.