Coronavirus - Sierra Leone: At least a third of the world’s schoolchildren unable to access remote learning during school closures, new UNICEF report says

“For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to COVID-19, there was no such a thing as remote learning,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. “The sheer number of children whose education was completely disrupted for months on end is a global education emergency.The repercussionscouldbe felt in economies and societies for decades to come.” At the height of nationwide and local lockdowns, nearly 1.5 billion schoolchildren were affected by school closures. The Remote ...