We must not sleepwalk into a global education crisis
3 years, 7 months ago

We must not sleepwalk into a global education crisis

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At the same time, global gross domestic product fell by around 3.3 per cent last year due to the pandemic, which increased levels of poverty and slashed public spending on human capital. Such disruptions and high levels of learning poverty are alarming signs that the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal on education is under grave threat. With its challenges for learning, the pandemic also offers a window of opportunity to prioritise investment in people by building resilient and equitable education systems that address learning poverty. As we successfully conclude the Global Education Summit, it is a pivotal moment for the international community to reform measures of eligibility for access to development finance which will assist developing countries in better spending on educating their people and rebuilding economies.

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Learning loss for disadvantaged pupils ‘greater’ than peers, says watchdog
2 years, 1 month ago

Learning loss for disadvantaged pupils ‘greater’ than peers, says watchdog

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Pupils’ learning loss is generally reducing following school shutdowns due to Covid-19, the NAO …

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic will spur future learning, says Union Higher Education Secretary
2 years, 1 month ago

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic will spur future learning, says Union Higher Education Secretary

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic and the experiences that it brought with it, form the core of the G20 education working group meeting, that begins in Chennai on Tuesday. “We have selected four themes based on a consultative process with all the countries,” K. Sanjay Murthy, higher education secretary, Union Ministry of Education told The Hindu on Monday, Adding: “We needed to …

Schools watchdog: Staff shortages exacerbating problems in pandemic recovery
2 years, 3 months ago

Schools watchdog: Staff shortages exacerbating problems in pandemic recovery

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It remains a work in progress Ofsted annual report In her report Ms Spielman …

Australia's public education funding went backwards during COVID pandemic
2 years, 5 months ago

Australia's public education funding went backwards during COVID pandemic

ABC  

Australian governments cut education spending during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, as most of the OECD did the opposite, according to a new report. Key points: Australia was one of a minority of OECD countries whose public spending decreased during COVID Australian teachers are better paid than the OECD counterparts, but have longer days In 2019, 18 per …

At UN, leaders confront COVID’s impact on global education
2 years, 6 months ago

At UN, leaders confront COVID’s impact on global education

Associated Press  

With COVID-related school disruptions setting back children around the world, activists implored world leaders Monday to prioritize school systems and restore educational budgets slashed when the pandemic hit. “We will not stop until every person in every village and every highland has access to an education.” The percentage of 10-year-old children in poor and middle-income countries who cannot read a …

This government owes A-level students a big apology after Covid
2 years, 7 months ago

This government owes A-level students a big apology after Covid

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Exams are back – rightly – …

Paradigm shift in online learning post-Covid era helping unprivileged kids to rewrite their destiny
2 years, 8 months ago

Paradigm shift in online learning post-Covid era helping unprivileged kids to rewrite their destiny

India TV News  

Paradigm shift in online learning post-Covid era helping unprivileged kids to rewrite their destiny Online learning became significant during the pandemic, allowing content to reach poor and unprivileged children through the click of a button. The situation was no different in Delhi slums, where AROH Foundation has been implementing its projects like Padho aur Badho and remedial education project ‘RISE’ …

Report finds reception children have fallen behind due to Covid-19 disruption
2 years, 10 months ago

Report finds reception children have fallen behind due to Covid-19 disruption

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When children returned to our nursery after the pandemic, many struggled with vital aspects …

COVID Blues: Enough about Exams, Placements; Ask Students How They’re Doing
2 years, 10 months ago

COVID Blues: Enough about Exams, Placements; Ask Students How They’re Doing

News 18  

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to send shock waves throughout the world, education is witnessing unprecedented changes. According to the World Bank, 94 per cent of students – 1.6 billion – were out of educational institutions during lockdowns. An estimated 258 million children were out of school, and the Learning Poverty rate in developing countries was 53 per cent – …

How Covid-19 pandemic has changed the education system, forever
3 years, 1 month ago

How Covid-19 pandemic has changed the education system, forever

India TV News  

The Covid-19 has resulted in prolonged schools shutting all across the world. Role of digital technology Digital technology with easy access to the internet helped bring remote learning opportunities, online classrooms, and access to high-quality education even in rural and semi-urban locations. Online learning=Flexible learning Online learning can help students pursue highly personalized learning programs; these combined with hands-on exercises, …

In COVID Times, Why It is Dangerous to Mistake Information for Education
3 years, 1 month ago

In COVID Times, Why It is Dangerous to Mistake Information for Education

News 18  

The Budget announcement every year by the Finance Minister is a big event typically followed by praise, criticism, expression of opinions by experts and conversation among people in general. Besides the usual provisions, a Digital University has been proposed to give access to world-class quality education to all students with personalised learning experience at their doorstep. The Budget also focuses …

No justification now for keeping schools closed in view of COVID-19: World Bank Education Director
3 years, 2 months ago

No justification now for keeping schools closed in view of COVID-19: World Bank Education Director

The Hindu  

There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to the World Bank's Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra. Talking about the impact of school closures due to the pandemic in India, Mr. Saavedra said the "impact is more severe than …

76% of Indian Students Faced Learning Losses During Pandemic: UNICEF
3 years, 4 months ago

76% of Indian Students Faced Learning Losses During Pandemic: UNICEF

News 18  

As many as 76 per cent of parents of children between the ages of 5-13 years, and 80 per cent of adolescents between 14-18 years, reported learning less due to extended closure of schools, as per a survey by UNICEF. “With the safe reopening of schools across the country after more than a year, the children’s Charter of Demands focuses …

10 popular trends to deal education crisis post pandemic
3 years, 4 months ago

10 popular trends to deal education crisis post pandemic

India Today  

The covid-19 pandemic has totally changed the educational scenario in very unpredictable ways. From the previous year, as schools moved to online learning and teachers scrambled to deal with different ways of teaching, many students and parents gained a new appreciation for the value of self-care. STEAM curriculum Earlier you have heard about STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, …

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System
3 years, 4 months ago

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System

News 18  

Education remains the solitary ray of hope for many to break the vicious circle of poverty. However, the data released by the Unified District Information System for Education for the academic session 2019-20 shows that 78 per cent of schools in India don’t have internet facilities and more than 61 per cent do not even have computers. Approximately 12 crore …

Online Education Has Arrived with COVID-19. But Quality, Accessibility Gaps Must be Fixed
3 years, 5 months ago

Online Education Has Arrived with COVID-19. But Quality, Accessibility Gaps Must be Fixed

News 18  

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted children’s education. The School Education Department of Madhya Pradesh, for instance, has initiated various digital learning interventions such as Radio School, Digital Learning Enhancement Programme, Hamara Ghar Hamara Vidyalaya programme, Shiksha ka Kona, mohalla classes and Knowledge Hub for Electronic Learning, among others. Some studies have examined the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the …

Exclusion is the norm in school education
3 years, 6 months ago

Exclusion is the norm in school education

The Hindu  

The prolonged closure of schoolsafter the sudden and totally unplanned lockdown in March 2020 to a possible re-opening at the end of September 2021 has grabbed some media attention at last. Only 8 per cent of rural children were studying online and only 28 per cent were studying “regularly” both online and offline. The survey shows that an overwhelming majority …

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more
3 years, 6 months ago

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more

Live Mint  

With most Indian schools shut for the past year and a half, children from poor households, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, are rapidly forgetting what they had learned before the pandemic, new survey data suggests. Previous surveys during the pandemic have also reported learning setbacks, but the latest one comes at a time when children are preparing to advance two …

Experts fear remote learning during COVID lockdown could widen inequality gap among school students
3 years, 7 months ago

Experts fear remote learning during COVID lockdown could widen inequality gap among school students

ABC  

Staff at some of south-east Queensland's most disadvantaged schools say they're frustrated with the online learning process as thousands of students are told to stay home, due to the region's growing COVID outbreak. Key points: Experts say inequality exists across Queensland schools and is more likely among students with limited English Professor Mark Western says disadvantaged students are increasingly in …

How is the pandemic changing ways of teaching?
3 years, 8 months ago

How is the pandemic changing ways of teaching?

India TV News  

Before the pandemic, digital education was primarily used in situations where learning opportunities were curtailed by distance or other factors. Factors to reshape education Flexibility Accessibility Ability to democratise learning Create borderless global classrooms Bring infrastructural costs down. Digital education best suited during pandemic For now, digital education is plugging gaps in a world where in-person learning is fraught with …

The Balancing Act of Online Schooling
3 years, 9 months ago

The Balancing Act of Online Schooling

News 18  

The pre covid-19 times; Bittersweet memories arise when we reminisce of the past from the point of view of a student. Attending my first online class with zeal making notes to slowly progressing to taking in the main objectives and tuning out the rest as the year progressed This power of being selective –where you can choose to pay attention …

Learning in a pandemic: An online education executive shares tips
4 years, 1 month ago

Learning in a pandemic: An online education executive shares tips

Hindustan Times  

In the darkest moments of the past year, Stephanie Dua, co-founder and president of HOMER, a New York City-based online learning program, turned to early lessons on hard work and optimism she learned on her father’s almond and walnut farm. “You always knew nutters because your fingers would turn black from all the nuts’ skins that you were picking,” said …

A Year into the Pandemic, Does India Consider Running Schools an Essential Activity?
4 years, 1 month ago

A Year into the Pandemic, Does India Consider Running Schools an Essential Activity?

News 18  

The economy is reopening with political rallies, mass protests, religious festivities, crowded markets, cinema halls and many going back to offices. At the height of the pandemic, the Oxfam India study showed that 80 per cent of parents who send their children to government schools reported that education was “not delivered” during the lockdown. Ninety-six per cent of STs and …

It is time to prioritise education for recovery
4 years, 1 month ago

It is time to prioritise education for recovery

Al Jazeera  

Another school term has started. But without immediate education financing, 825 million children in low- and middle-income countries will not gain the skills they need to successfully enter the job market by 2030. Policy responses must also include catch-up programmes for students who have fallen behind, re-enrolment campaigns for children who have dropped out and proper health and hygiene facilities …

Pandemic played havoc on academics this year
4 years, 2 months ago

Pandemic played havoc on academics this year

Hindustan Times  

Months of lockdown and subsequent measures to curtail to spread of Covid-19 restrictions has derailed the academic sessions of schools and colleges this year. Although online classes and television programmes were tailored for students of government schools, many were deprived of learning due to issues ranging from affordability to accessibility. Aditi Mishra, the principal of Delhi Public School, Sector 45, …

New Studies Show The Pandemic Highlights Inequality In U.S. Education System
4 years, 3 months ago

New Studies Show The Pandemic Highlights Inequality In U.S. Education System

NPR  

New Studies Show The Pandemic Highlights Inequality In U.S. Education System A handful of new studies paint the clearest picture yet of students' learning loss from the pandemic and suggest lack of access to technology and in-person teaching may be exacerbating inequality. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A handful of new studies have recently tried to answer one of the most important …

UN: Pandemic threatens Latin America's next generation
4 years, 4 months ago

UN: Pandemic threatens Latin America's next generation

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The U.N. children’s agency UNICEF says that the COVID-19 …

COVID-19 Has Robbed The World's Poorest Children Of Nearly 4 Months Of Schooling
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 Has Robbed The World's Poorest Children Of Nearly 4 Months Of Schooling

NPR  

COVID-19 Has Robbed The World's Poorest Children Of Nearly 4 Months Of Schooling Enlarge this image toggle caption Yawar Nazir/Getty Images Yawar Nazir/Getty Images In April, 9 in 10 of the world's children were out of school in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Several months later, a new report from UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank …

How Covid-19 pandemic has created spike in demand and popularity of e-learning
4 years, 4 months ago

How Covid-19 pandemic has created spike in demand and popularity of e-learning

India Today  

E-learning is revolutionising our education system as it remains the only option during the ongoing crisis. Many schools are leveraging the crisis as an opportunity to deploy digital technology and make education delivery meaningful, to be more productive and efficient while developing new skills through online learning and assessment. Concrete learning When students and teachers are unable to access physical …

How the pandemic has changed some elements of teaching-learning permanently
4 years, 6 months ago

How the pandemic has changed some elements of teaching-learning permanently

The Hindu  

Schools and colleges were shut down in the second week of March as a preventive measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. Some immediate measures included shifting teaching process online on an untested and unprecedented scale, conducting online assessments on trial-and-error basis, creating content suitable for remote learning using technology and tools among others. These include limited access to the …

Education post Covid-19: UNESCO to convene special session of global education meeting next month
4 years, 6 months ago

Education post Covid-19: UNESCO to convene special session of global education meeting next month

Hindustan Times  

The UNESCO will convene an extraordinary session of Global Education Meeting next month for exchange among high-level political leaders, policy makers and global education experts to protect and rethink education in the current and post-COVID-19 world. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s session on October 22 is convened with an aim to protect and promote education at a …

Covid-19 impact: Is it enough to simply introduce technology and infuse it into a current educational framework?
4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19 impact: Is it enough to simply introduce technology and infuse it into a current educational framework?

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic has reawakened the debate about the correct balance between teacher-student engagement and technology. In May 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged that 'India must become a global knowledge superpower and that special emphasis must be given to the use of technology in the education sector by enhancing learning mechanisms with the use of technology, such as online …

Govt Should Ensure Children Don't Miss out on Education, Must Provide Free Smartphones or Tablets: NGO
4 years, 6 months ago

Govt Should Ensure Children Don't Miss out on Education, Must Provide Free Smartphones or Tablets: NGO

News 18  

To ensure that no children are left behind in education in the COVID pandemic situation, governments should distribute textbooks, free smartphones or tablets to all school children, an NGO has said. Also, states should provide free data package or reimburse the cost of data, which would also require substantial investment to strengthen digital infrastructure including the regular supply of electricity …

A third of world's children missed remote learning during coronavirus pandemic: UNICEF
4 years, 7 months ago

A third of world's children missed remote learning during coronavirus pandemic: UNICEF

India Today  

The UN children's agency says at least a third of children couldn't access remote learning when the Covid-19 pandemic closed schools, creating "a global education emergency." "For at least 463 million children whose schools closed due to Covid-19, there was no such a thing as remote learning," UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said. "The sheer number of children whose education …

UN: Nearly 500 million children excluded from remote schooling
4 years, 7 months ago

UN: Nearly 500 million children excluded from remote schooling

Al Jazeera  

At least one-third of world’s schoolchildren affected by the coronavirus pandemic and school closures, report says. An estimated 463 million children have been unable to access remote learning amid the coronavirus pandemic and widespread school closures, according to the United Nations children’s fund. A new report published on Thursday by UNICEF said at least one-third of the world’s schoolchildren lack …

Education gap between rich and poor pupils stopped narrowing before pandemic hit UK, study says
4 years, 7 months ago

Education gap between rich and poor pupils stopped narrowing before pandemic hit UK, study says

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The educational …

New education trends to watch out for post-Covid-19
4 years, 7 months ago

New education trends to watch out for post-Covid-19

India Today  

Covid-19 pandemic is clearly a sign of changing times. New education trends Realizing that uninterrupted learning for students is the need of the hour, educational institutions in India have been quick to reinvent the education delivery to students. This has resulted in new education trends emerging to stay in the post-Covid-19 world. New trends to watch out for The global …

World is facing ‘generational catastrophe’ in education, UN warns
4 years, 7 months ago

World is facing ‘generational catastrophe’ in education, UN warns

CNN  

CNN — The world is facing a “generational catastrophe” because of school closures during the coronavirus pandemic, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday. “Now we face a generational catastrophe that could waste untold human potential, undermine decades of progress, and exacerbate entrenched inequalities.” The knock-on effects on child nutrition, child marriage and gender equality, among others, are “deeply concerning,” he …

More than a billion students affected by coronavirus closures: UN
4 years, 7 months ago

More than a billion students affected by coronavirus closures: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN chief warns of ‘generational catastrophe’ as pandemic forces schools to be shut down in more than 160 countries. The coronavirus pandemic has caused the largest disruption in education in history, with schools closed in some 160 countries in mid-July affecting more than one billion students, the United Nations has said. Launching a new policy brief on Tuesday, UN chief …

The schooling crisis in Africa is different and severe
4 years, 8 months ago

The schooling crisis in Africa is different and severe

Deccan Chronicle  

Kampala: Lessons via radio or TV. “I think education now is more of an emergency than the health issue,” said Dr. Mary Goretti Nakabugo, a literacy expert who runs a Uganda-based education nonprofit called Uwezo, noting that there have been no reported virus deaths and just over 1,000 cases in this East African country, though, as elsewhere, limited testing means …

Coronavirus: How Unesco are plugging the global gap in education
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: How Unesco are plugging the global gap in education

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A global education coalition launched by Unesco seeks to facilitate inclusive learning opportunities for children …

Coronavirus lockdown | COVID-19 widened educational divide: UNESCO report
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | COVID-19 widened educational divide: UNESCO report

The Hindu  

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities in education systems across the world. The 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report noted that efforts to maintain learning continuity during the pandemic may have actually worsened exclusion trends. ‘Imperfect substitutes’ “Education systems responded with distance learning solutions, all of which offered less or more imperfect substitutes for classroom instruction,” said the report, noting that …

Returning to safe schools after covid-19
4 years, 9 months ago

Returning to safe schools after covid-19

India Today  

As per a recent news report, the nationwide lockdown in response to the Covid-19 outbreak has kept 321 million children away from school and widened learning gaps. In India, too, following lockdown norms for social distancing, schools and students are compelled to rely on digital tools to acquire learning. A new Standard Operating System needs to be followed by all …

Online illusion
4 years, 9 months ago

Online illusion

The Hindu  

IT is now a daily ritual for most of my faculty colleagues to respond to emails from distressed students asking for a leave of absence or an extension of assignment deadlines. The door to online learning, left ajar by the greater access to electricity, to the Internet and to smart phones because of a drop in their prices, was finally …

Rise of digital learning amid COVID-19 outbreak
4 years, 9 months ago

Rise of digital learning amid COVID-19 outbreak

India TV News  

Geneo – An Edtech Platform by Schoolnet India is ensuring Learning Never Stops The last couple of months have observed heightened awareness of the Coronavirus outbreak in the nation. UNESCO too suggested that digital learning platforms can help students’ access quality education remotely during times like these. To bridge the learning gap during this time, Geneo, an interactive digital learning …

How Covid-19 is creating paradigm shift in India's education sector
4 years, 10 months ago

How Covid-19 is creating paradigm shift in India's education sector

India Today  

The pandemic sweeping across the globe has put life as we know it in a topsy-turvy. Covid- 19 and how it has altered the turf Modern day education has six main aspects which determine quality education, namely: curriculum and learning objectives learning materials pedagogic processes classroom assessment frameworks teacher support in the classrooms and school leadership and management development. Of …

Covid-19 to have immediate impact on learning and education: World Bank
4 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 to have immediate impact on learning and education: World Bank

India Today  

The Covid-19 pandemic has threatened to make education outcomes worse and without aggressive policy, the virus outbreak across the globe will have immediate costs on both learning and health of children and youth, according to the World Bank's education team. Experts from the World Bank have pointed out that even before the pandemic, the world was facing a "learning crisis" …

How shift to e-learning during Covid-19 lockdown will lead to paradigm shift in education
4 years, 10 months ago

How shift to e-learning during Covid-19 lockdown will lead to paradigm shift in education

India Today  

The nationwide lockdown due to the spread of Covid-19 has led to the adoption of digital tools in various fields, including education. Here, it is important to understand that e-learning is not just a platform for education from distance, but it also means adapting new and interesting digital tools to make learning more interesting. While the students are restricted to …

Covid-19 lockdown: How the pandemic bringing change in Indian education system
4 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 lockdown: How the pandemic bringing change in Indian education system

India Today  

The Covid- 19 pandemic has sparked a global realization that our current way of life does not work. This possible scope for the evolution of schools, post coronavirus: A change in the purpose of learning The course of learning and the way curriculums are taught may change. Aspects that were once considered fundamental to education may be revised to largely …

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