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As school closures impact nearly 80% of the world’s student population, UNESCO on 23 March convened an online meeting of an ad hoc group of education ministers who shared information… Read more 1.37 billion students now home as COVID-19 school closures expand, ministers scale up multimedia approaches to ensure learning continuity

As of March 18, over 850 million children and youth – roughly half of the world’s student population – had to stay away from schools and universities due to the… Read more COVID-19: with half of world’s student population out of school, UNESCO launches coalition to accelerate remote learning solutions

On March 20th, the Google for Education team in partnership with UNESCO IITE have launched a new Teach From Home platform to help teachers in different parts of the world… Read more Google in partnership with UNESCO IITE have launched a new Teach From Home platform

According to UNESCO monitoring, over 100 countries have implemented nationwide closures, impacting over half of world’s student population. Several other countries have implemented localized school closures. UNESCO is working with… Read more COVID-19 Educational Disruption and Response