Policy Brief: Education during COVID-19 and beyond

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries and all continents. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have impacted 94 per cent of the world’s student population, up to 99 per cent in low and lower-middle income countries.

This policy brief discusses some of the major challenges but also opportunities that exist due to the corona crisis and outlines a series of key recommendations for national education authorities and providers to consider.