The United Nations estimates that 1.5 billion children worldwide have been affected by the epidemic due to lockdowns or school closures


United Nations: More than 400 million students worldwide do not have access to virtual education after a school closure due to COVID-19 epidemic, according to a study published by UNICEF on Wednesday. Have spread widely.

A total of 463 million children lack access to equipment for distance education, the UNICEF report said.

"The total number of children whose education has been completely disrupted for months," said Henrietta Four, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund.

"Its belongings can be felt in economies and social orders for a considerable length of time to come," he said.

The United Nations estimates that 1.5 billion children worldwide have been affected by an outbreak of lockdown or school closure.

The report highlights geographical differences in children's access to distance education, for example, in Europe or less affected in Europe than in some parts of Asia.

The UN report is based on data measuring public access to the Internet, television and radio from about 100 countries.

The UNICEF report says that even children with adequate access may face barriers to distance education. Whether it's the lack of a good place to work at home, the pressure to do other work for the family, or the lack of technical support when computer problems arise.

Of the students worldwide who are unable to access virtual education, 67 million are in East and South Africa, 54 million in West and Central Africa, 80 million in the Pacific and East Asia, and 37 million in the Middle East and North. In Africa, 147 million in South Asia, and 13 million in Latin America and the Caribbean.

No figures were provided for the United States or Canada.

In many countries, including private classes in many places, the new school year is fast approaching, with UNICEF urging governments to "reopen schools once they begin to reduce the lockdown ban." Prefer to open with. "

 

Where reopening is impossible, governments should "make arrangements to compensate for wasted academic time," the report said.