Resource COVID-19 Aftershocks: Access Denied This report spotlights one particular vulnerability that is known to be exacerbated by school closures in times of crisis and risks the continued education of vulnerable children: teenage pregnancy, which threatens to block a million girls across Sub-Saharan Africa from returning to school.
Resource Should We Reopen Schools? A Child-Centered Position for Uganda The government of Uganda has imposed a lockdown as a pre-emptive measure to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Even with a gradual, phased return, the majority of Uganda’s youth remain in their homes. This has meant missed learning opportunities and led to a rise in rates of violence against children (VAC) in their homes and communities.
Resource COVID-19: How are Countries Preparing to Mitigate the Learning Loss as Schools Reopen? Trends and emerging good practices to support the most vulnerable children Using data from two surveys and 164 countries, this research brief describes the educational strategies countries are putting into place, or plan to, in order to mitigate learning impacts of extended school closures, particularly for the most vulnerable children.
Event Weighing the risks: School closure and reopening during COVID-19 This web event will focus on the impact of school closure and reopening on children and young people’s protection and education, as well as the impact on COVID-19 transmission. The webinar will highlight the recent policy paper by INEE and The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. The discussion will include perspectives from education, protection, and health sectors with diverse panelists providing an overview of how to balance the wellbeing of learners with the safe reopening of schools.
Resource Guidance notes on reopening schools in the context of COVID-19 for ministries of education in Latin America and the Caribbean These regional guidance notes aim to provide ministries of education and school management in LAC countries with recommendations and technical inputs for the planning, preparation and implementation of safe reopening of schools.
Resource تقييم المخاطر: إغلاق وإعادة فتح المدارس خلال جائحة كوفيد-19 تعاونت كلتا الشبكتان (التحالف والشبكة المشتركة لوكالات التعليم في حالات الطوارئ) معا من أجل إنتاج ورقة بحثية سياسية تشجع على اتخاذ القرار والالتزام بتحليل شامل لتأثير إغلاق المدارس على حماية الأطفال والشباب وتعليمهم، فضلاً عن التأثير الذي يخلفه ذلك على تفشي كوفيد-19. ان التحليل المتوازن من شأنه أن يسمح باتخاذ القرارات استناداً إلى رفاه الطفل بشأن توقيت وسبب إعادة فتح المدارس.
Resource Weighing up the risks: School closure and reopening under COVID-19 A policy paper from The Alliance and INEE calls on governments to do holistic analysis of the impact on the wellbeing of children and young people, with a focus on the impact on educational outcomes and the child protection risks that are engendered by school closures.
Resource Sopesando los riesgos: cierre y reapertura de las escuelas durante el COVID-19 La Alianza y el INEE se han unido para elaborar un documento de politica que anime a los tomadores de decisión a comprometerse a realizar un análisis exhaustivo del impacto que tienen el cierre de las escuelas en la protección y la educación de los niños, niñas y jóvenes, así como de las repercusiones, en la transmisión del COVID-19.
Resource Peser les risques : Fermeture et réouverture des établissements scolaires dans le cadre de la COVID-19 L'Alliance et l'INEE appellent les décideurs des ministères à utiliser ce document pour élaborer une analyse holistique de la fermeture des établissements scolaires sur le bien-être des enfants et des jeunes, et à envisager la réouverture des établissements scolaires en toute sécurité.
Resource Ponderar os Riscos: Encerramento e reabertura das escolas durante a COVID-19 A Aliança e a INEE juntaram-se para criar um documento estratégico que procura incentivar os decisores políticos a empenharem-se numa análise minuciosa do impacto do encerramento e reabertura das escolas sobre a proteção e a educação de crianças e jovens, assim como do impacto sobre os níveis de transmissão da COVID-19.
