ERIC Number: ED620319
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Mar
Pages: 16
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Reopening with Resilience: Lessons from Remote Learning during COVID-19 in Eastern and Southern Africa
Pontuschka, Rafael; Kan, Sophia; Dreesen, Thomas
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti
The widespread school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the learning crisis for children living in Eastern and Southern Africa. The crisis has also shown the great need to develop resilient education systems that can provide learning when schools are forced to close. Understanding how to provide remote learning equitably utilizing multiple modalities and emphasizing low-tech solutions in Eastern and Southern Africa is critical given the great challenges facing the region in terms of electricity and connectivity access. This report provides a summary of lessons learned in the East and Southern Africa region from remote learning during COVID-19 and provides concrete recommendations on how to increase the resilience of education systems.
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Rural Areas, School Closing, Access to Education, Internet, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Television, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Radio, Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Online Courses, Rural Urban Differences
UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti. Via degli Alfani 58, 50121, Florence, Italy. Tel: 39-055-20330; Fax: 39-055-2033220; e-mail: florence@unicef.org; Web site: https://www.unicef-irc.org/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti (Italy)
Identifiers - Location: Africa; South Africa
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