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Mascheroni, Giovanna; Saeed, Marium; Valenza, Marco; Cino, Davide; Dreesen, Thomas; Zaffaroni, Lorenzo Giuseppe; Winther, Daniel Kardefelt – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
Italy was the first country in Europe to implement a nationwide lockdown. Children and their families lived in nearly complete isolation for almost two months. Students missed 65 days of school compared to an average of 27 missed days among high-income countries worldwide. This prolonged break is of concern, as even short breaks in schooling can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
Kan, Sophia; Dreesen, Thomas; Valenza, Marco – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education systems around the world, resulting in an unprecedented emergency with school closures affecting 1.6 billion learners (Azevedo et al., 2021). This brought to light the need for resilient education systems that can provide education during emergencies and school closures (UNICEF, 2021). The challenge of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Chávez, Cirenia; Valenza, Marco; Rigole, Annika; Dreesen, Thomas – UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of society. In mid-April 2020, 192 countries had closed their schools, putting 9 out of 10 enrolled children out of school. These closures disproportionately affected marginalized children, worsening existing inequities across education systems worldwide. This brief draws on the experience of five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing