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How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures

by Anjali Pant,

Samuel Scott and

Phuong Hong Nguyen

COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later | 2022 | Pages: 3

Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)

DOI : https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_20

Open Access | CC BY-4.0

Citation

Pant, Anjali; Scott, Samuel; and Nguyen, Phuong Hong. 2022. How to support students and the learning process during India’s COVID-19 school closures. In COVID-19 and global food security: Two years later, eds. John McDermott and Johan Swinnen. Part Three: Nutrition, Health and Social Programs, Chapter 20, Pp. 126-128. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294226_20

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected 1.6 billion learners worldwide, and school closures could lead to a loss of 0.3–0.9 years of schooling, according to World Bank estimates; a global shutdown of five months could result in lost earnings of $10 trillion over students’ lifetimes. The pandemic’s economic shocks are likely to increase school drop-out rates. Evidence suggests that the poor, girls, and other marginalized groups disproportionately suffer the consequences of school closures.

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