Ressource Learning Recovery to Acceleration: A Global Update on Country Efforts to Improve Learning and Reduce Inequalities This report examines what countries are doing to recover and accelerate learning, and how they are doing it. The report aims to identify effective or promising at-scale interventions and policies to recover and accelerate learning, and to distill implementation lessons. The focus is on primary and secondary education and on the responses employed once schools reopened after pandemic-related disruptions.
Blog Learning from Colombian mothers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic This blog looks into the experiences and coping strategies adopted by mothers in Colombia to support the education of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ressource Building Resilient Education Systems: Evidence from Large-Scale Randomized Trials in Five Countries We present results from large-scale randomized trials evaluating the provision of education in emergency settings across five countries: India, Kenya, Nepal, Philippines, and Uganda. We test multiple scalable models of remote instruction for primary school children during COVID-19, which disrupted education for over 1 billion schoolchildren worldwide. Despite heterogeneous contexts, results show that the effectiveness of phone call tutorials can scale across contexts.
Ressource Análisis comparativo del impacto del COVID-19 en la continuación y acceso a la educación y aprendizaje de la niñez migrante venezolana y la comunidad de acogida En el siguiente informe se presentan los resultados de la investigación “Análisis comparativo del impacto del COVID-19 en la continuación y el acceso a la educación y el aprendizaje de la niñez migrante venezolana y comunidad de acogida” elaborado por Plan International, con el apoyo del Grupo Regional de Educación de América Latina y el Caribe, en el marco del Programa Multianual de Resiliencia regional (MYRP, por sus siglas en inglés) de UNICEF y Education Cannot Wait.
Ressource EdTech evidence from Covid-19 response To better understand the use of EdTech interventions as part of the Covid-19 response, in late 2020, EdTech Hub commissioned ten small-scale research studies in five low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This paper presents a summary and review of these studies to explore EdTech use in low-resource contexts during the Covid-19 pandemic and considers implications of its use in these contexts going forward.
Blog Announcing Article Translations for JEiE Volume 8, Number 3 – Special Issue on Education in Pandemics Six research articles, four field notes, and the Editorial Note from JEiE Volume 8, Number 3 – our Special Issue on Education in Pandemics – are now available in both English and French!
Blog Annonce de la traduction des articles du JEiE Volume 8, Numéro 3 – Numéro spécial sur l’éducation en période de pandémie Six articles de recherche, quatre notes de terrain et la Note éditoriale du JEiE Volume 8, Numéro 3 – notre édition spéciale sur l’éducation en période de pandémie – est maintenant disponible en anglais et en français !
Ressource Delivering Remote Learning Using a Low-Tech Solution: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh To address the poor access to formal education, we designed an educational intervention consisting of a set of audio lessons that were delivered through mobile phones to primary school students using Interactive Voice Response. During the 15-week program period, parents could access the lessons for free by calling a designated phone number and listening to a lesson with their child at any time.
Ressource Launch of JEiE’s Special Issue on Education in Pandemics The Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) and INEE hosted a webinar to celebrate the publication of JEiE Volume 8, Number 3 - Special Issue on Education in Pandemics!
