about education in Africa.
Finding out about education in Africa, its pre-pandemic trajectory and how it has been interrupted by COVID-19. N’Gunu Tiny talks about how this will further impact social mobility and, crucially, what should be done now?
Discussing education in Africa, the pandemic and more with N’Gunu Tiny
Q: How do you think the pandemic has impacted global education?
There is absolutely no doubt that COVID-19 has negatively impacted global education. However, as with many of the worst effects of the past 15 months of pandemic-based state measures, the hardest hit are those with the poorest and least robust education systems in the first place. And this includes sub-Saharan Africa.
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Covid-19. The coronavirus infection rate continues to
drop in Romania. Thursday saw 133 new cases, from almost 30,000 tests. 148
deaths in patients infected with Covid-19 were also reported, of which 124 date
from last year and earlier this year but were only now recorded in the data
base by the local Public Health Directorates at the request of the health
ministry, following further checks. 1,500 Covid patients are receiving hospital
treatment, including 256 in intensive care. Since the vaccine rollout kicked
off in Romania in late December, over 4.5 million people have been fully
vaccinated.
State of alert. The government has extended the state of
alert for a further thirty days from 12th June. Several restrictions
are also eased. The number of people allowed to attend private receptions indoors
has been expanded to 200 provided everyone is vaccinated, has a negative test
result or has recovered from the infection. According to the authorities, the
measures im
By Ashani Abayasekara and Thisali de Silva The year 2020 saw close to 1.6 billion students from over 180 countries being kept out of schools for extended periods of time, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite commendable efforts by many countries to put in place alternative remote learning strategies and corrective measures, learning losses.