UNESCO: Over 850 million students worldwide not at school amid COVID-19 crisis

As coronavirus pandemic has led to temporary closure of schools and colleges, specialised ncy of United Nations said that nearly half of world’s student population have been barred from ir educational institution. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) warned that re would be more closures saying schools h been closed in 102 countries, with partial closures in 11 more.

UN ncy has been warning about evolving situation and last week UNESCO convened a global videoconference of high education officials to step up emergency response and share strategies to minimize learning disruption worldwide. During conference, 73 countries were represented including 24 education minister and 15 vice ministers.

“We are entering uncharted territory and working with countries to find hi-tech, low-tech and -tech solutions to assure continuity of learning,” said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay. 

“As countries try to prepare ir response, international cooperation is vital to share most effective approaches and support students, teachers and families,” she ded.

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Italy worst-hit in Europe

According to latest report, over 200,000 coronavirus cases across world have been confirmed of which over 80,000 have recovered from illness. China has been worst-hit country but has witnessed a significant decline in rate over past few days. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), epicentre of outbreak has shifted from China to Europe, with Italy being worst-hit.

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A coronavirus projection study painted a grim picture with hundreds of thousands of deaths with  lack of aggressive interventions. researchers said that pandemic would have resulted in more than half a million deaths in UK and 2.2 million in United States in case of mitigation measures. team predicted two possible scenarios of impact depending on intensity of interventions and combinations.

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