Revising school opening processes
Taking stock of the current crisis in education Over the 18 months of school disruptions, several studies have found that children have suffered some loss in their learning. Across the country, and elsewhere[1] in the world, there have been studies and reports describing the learning loss of children, besides underscoring…
Coalition releases Research Brief
End Education Exclusion: RESUME and RENEW Education for 26 Crore Children! September 5, 2021 The National Coalition on Education Emergency has released a Research Brief (in English Hindi हिंदी and in Kannada ಕನ್ನಡ). This research brief summarizes research studies conducted across India and selected international studies between early 2020 and…
The Paused Classrooms – Research report – Orissa RTE Forum and Save the children
Download the report here Nutritious food through school midday meal not available Children feel isolated, anxious, bored, uncertain and experience fear and grief Due to pandemic related economic stress, households are forced to send children for wage work. Girls being married at young age A large percentage of students do…
Survey on the schooling crisis
Gram Vaani conducted a survey on the schooling crisis. Download the report here Schools have been shut since March 2020. With cases going down across the country, many state governments are contemplating whether to reopen schools or not. Mobile Vaani put up a survey to parents to understand their views…
Education disrupted – UNICEF DATA
Number of students affected by prolonged school closures
Open Schools, Focus on Recovering Lost Learning: Clear Voice of Teachers, APF Field Studies in Education August 2021
Open Schools, Focus on Recovering Lost Learning: Clear Voice of Teachers, APF Field Studies in Education August 2021
COVID-19 Transmission in US Child Care Programs
“No association was found between exposure to child care and COVID-19” The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on child care and schools. Within 1 week of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a pandemic, 107 countries had implemented national school closures.
Compendium of Research prepared by Working Group on Research
The Working Group on Research is working on creating a compendium of research studies relating to school education during the pandemic. You can find it here.
Childcare and depression during the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa: A gendered analysis
The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has had a devastating impact on livelihoods. While significant attention has rightly focused on the dangers of infection and the economic consequences of the pandemic due to job losses, etc., scholars have begun to highlight the nontrivial mental health effects of the pandemic.