COVID-19 & Education
COVID-19 Has Forced 1.4 Billion Students To Stay Home
UNESCO has reported that close to 1.4 billion students are being kept out of schools and universities due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The following infographic shows the scale of the educational disruption with governments all over the world ordering learners to stay at home in a bid to slow the spread of the disease. As of March 23, 2020, 138 countries had ordered national school closures while may more had localized closures.
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This chart shows countries with country-wide or localized school closures.
Number of students in countries with closed schools worldwide in 2021, by status (in millions)
Number of countries with closed schools worldwide in 2021, by status
Estimated number of students at risk of not returning to education institutions worldwide as of 2020, by region (in millions)
Students and teachers affected by the coronavirus pandemic worldwide in 2020 (in billions)
Number of students affected by school closures amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela as of August 2020, by education level
Number of students affected by school closures amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile as of August 2020, by education level
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