COVID-19 school closures could cost current generation ‘trillions in lifetime earnings’
A report by the World Bank, UNICEF and UNESCO says the current generation of students could lose as much as $17 trillion US dollars in lifetime earnings in present value because of COVID-19 pandemic-related school...Read more
‘Urgent action’ needed to increase children’s access to HIV prevention and treatments
The final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative warns that progress towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women has stalled and none of the targets for 2020 were met.Read more
BvLF expands early years know-how to Addis Ababa
The Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, will become the next city to reap the benefits of the Bernard van Leer Foundation’s expertise through the establishment of a new early years initiative.Read moreGlobal ‘tracker’ launched to measure COVID’s impact on education worldwide
With over 1.6 billion children worldwide having had their education severely disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank, and UNICEF have created a COVID-19 – Global Education...Read more
COVID – Poorest countries’ children have lost nearly four months of schooling
Schoolchildren in low-and lower-middle-income countries have already lost nearly four months of education since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to six weeks of loss in high-income countries, according to a new report. Â Read more
UN agencies set out guidelines for safe reopening of schools
A group of key United Nations agencies have published new guidelines on the safe reopening of schools amidst ongoing closures affecting nearly 1.3 billion students worldwide.Read more