Actualités Half of world’s student population not attending school: UNESCO launches global coalition to accelerate deployment of remote learning solutions As of late Tuesday, over 850 million children and youth – roughly half of the world’s student population – had to stay away from schools and universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nationwide closures are in force in 102 countries and local shut-downs in 11 others.
Actualités Coronavirus school closures mean over ONE BILLION children and youth are now shut out of classrooms The pandemic has forced over 110 countries to shut down their education systems - on top of 258 million young people already not going to school in the long term. More than 110 countries in every corner of the world have shut down schools and universities or are planning to close them to slow the spread of coronavirus.
Actualités 290 million students out of school due to COVID-19 School closures in thirteen countries to contain the spread of COVID-19 are disrupting the education of 290.5 million students globally, a figure without precedent. UNESCO is providing immediate support to countries, including solutions for inclusive distance learning.
Blog INEE response to COVID-19 INEE is supporting our members by ensuring they have the information, capacity, and resources they need to face the COVID-19 pandemic.
Blog Out of School, Out of Sight UNESCO Institute of Statistics and the GEM Report organized a side event, moderated by INEE, at the High-level Political Forum in New York . The keynote address of this event was given by Karen AbuZayd, Special Adviser of the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants. Ms. AbuZayd’s address is fact-filled and touching, and we are pleased to share the full transcript of it with you.
Ressource Education Brief 2: Out-of-School Children in Refugee Settings This Education Brief provides guidance on developing programmes to enroll refugee out-ofschool children (OOSC) in school, and to improve initiatives for children not attending school regularly. It provides information on OOSC needs assessments and highlights cross-sectoral linkages.
Ressource Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All: Findings from the Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All, a report produced by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and UNICEF, could not be more timely. As the international community renews its commitment to advance every child’s right to education, it explores why global progress has stalled since the early 2000s, when millions of additional children poured into the world’s classrooms, and provides the data and analysis needed to move forward and reach every child excluded from education.
Ressource Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children: Africa Regional Reports This report is a situation analysis of out-of-school children (OOSC) in ESAR. Its aim is to provide up to-date knowledge and evidence on the profiles of OOSC, the barriers and bottlenecks that children and families face in accessing education, and an analysis of responses, including policies and strategies to enable children to gain meaningful access.
Ressource Reaching out-of-school children is crucial for development This paper shows that progress in reducing the number of children out of school has stalled. This not only denies millions of children their right to education, but also jeopardizes wider development efforts. The paper sets out five reasons why reversing this trend is urgent.
Ressource Atteindre les enfants non scolarisés est crucial pour le développement Ce document montre que la réduction du nombre des enfants non scolarisés s’est bloquée. Cette situation a pour effet non seulement de priver des millions d’enfants de leur droit à l’éducation, mais aussi d’entraver les efforts en matière de développement. Ce document présente les cinq raisons pour lesquelles il est urgent d’inverser cette tendance
