5 Ways Companies Can Support Education During COVID-19

The outbreak of COVID-19 has presented a sobering lesson in education, highlighting the extent to which unequal access to technology and the internet restricts distance learning opportunities for children – even in the most developed countries. Imagine the impact in countries like Somalia or South Sudan, where only 10% and 17% of the population can access the internet.

For the past few months, the Global Business Coalition for Education has leveraged the Rapid Education Action (REACT) platform to identify local-level needs and mobilize corporate resources and expertise to provide high-tech, low-tech, and no-tech solutions to minimize the long-term impacts on the next generation……………………………………………………………………………..