COVID-19 pandemic has already had profound impacts on education by closing schools at all levels almost everywhere; now, the damage will become even more severe as the health emergency translates into a deep global recession. This note describes the shocks hitting education systems and outlines how countries can respond to…
Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Schooling and Learning Outcomes: A Set of Global Estimates
This paper presents simulations of the potential effect of COVID-19-related school closures on schooling and learning outcomes. It considers four scenarios—varying in both the duration of school closures and the effectiveness of any mitigation strategies being deployed by governments.
Lost Wages: The COVID-19 Cost of School Closures
Starting from the assumption that every additional year of schooling translates to 8 percent in future earnings, this paper estimates and confirms the loss in marginal future earnings on the basis of a four-month shutdown. It also estimates the losses by level of education.
Learning Loss During COVID-19: An Early Systematic Review
This systematic review aims to consolidate available data on learning loss and document what has currently been reported in the literature.
The likely impact of COVID-19 on education: Reflections based on the existing literature and recent international datasets
This report attempts to gain a better understanding of how the COVID-19 crisis may affect students’ learning. It looks at the different direct and indirect ways through which the virus,and the measures adopted to contain it,may impact children’s achievement
Modelling the long-run learning impact of the Covid-19 learning shock: Actions to (more than) mitigate loss
This paper uses a calibrated “pedagogical production function” model to estimate the potential long-term losses to children’s learning from the temporary shock of Covid-19 related school closures
Preparing educators for the time of COVID … and beyond
This paper explores what policymakers and educators can do to support educators in meeting the social emotional and academic needs of students.
A Literature Review on Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Teaching and Learning
This article aims to provide a comprehensive report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on online teaching and learning of various papers and indicate the way forward.
Missing More Than a Classroom. The impact of school closures on children’s nutrition
The paper presents the evidence on the potential negative short-term and long-term effects of school meal scheme disruption during Covid-19 globally.
Trends, Promising Practices and Gaps in Remote Learning for Pre-Primary Education
This paper examines the remote learning options that countries around the world have made available for pre-primary students and their families while schools are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.