UNICEF: 168 million children cut off from schools under pandemic vaticannews.va

Education for more than 168 million children worldwide has come to a standstill with schools closing for almost a year because of the Covid-19 lockdowns. Furthermore, around 214 million children globally – or 1 in 7 – have missed more than three-quarters of their in-person learning. These are some of the findings of a new report released by the United Nations children’s fund, UNICEF, on Wednesday.

The report, entitled “Covid-19 and School Closures”, says that 14 countries worldwide have remained largely closed since March 2020 to February 2021. Two-thirds of those countries are in Latin America and the Caribbean, affecting nearly 98 million schoolchildren. Of the 14 countries, Panama has kept schools closed for the most days, followed by El Salvador, Bangladesh, and Bolivia…

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