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Covid school closures in poorer countries could affect this generation forever
Evidence is beginning to emerge about the educational impact of long-term school closures in low and middle income countries
10 June 2021 • 1:08pm
In some countries, schools remain closed, while in others they are reopening with Covid-19 control measures in place
Credit: Aamir Qureshi/AFP
Covid-19’s mass school closures could “affect this generation forever”, according to emerging evidence from countries around the world showing lower test scores, a loss of key skills and a higher risk of children dropping out as a result of the pandemic.
Experts have long expected the closures to have huge repercussions, but until recently, the evidence came mainly from higher income countries.
São Paulo’s state government, media promote bogus data to drive school reopenings
Last week Brazil’s fascistic President Jair Bolsonaro replaced key figures in his cabinet and the military. The move is in preparation for a wholesale crackdown on all opposition amid record COVID-19 cases and deaths and just weeks after a wave of strikes by bus workers, oil workers, app delivery workers and teachers.
The country’s COVID-19 death toll reached 340,000 on Wednesday, the world’s second highest, amid record numbers of new cases and deaths. There were 460,000 new cases and 20,000 deaths last week, and the death toll is expected to be even higher this week after the daily toll surpassed 4,000 more than once. Brazil accounts for one in every four deaths reported worldwide each day and leads the world in the daily average number of new deaths reported.