World In ‘Most Unprecedented’ Disruption Of Education

Most Sub-Saharan African countries have failed to target vulnerable learners such as students with disabilities during the COVID-19 schools shutdown, exacerbating educational inequality in the region, a UN report says.
 
It comes as the world faces the “most unprecedented disruption in the history of education”, the UNESCO report says, with over 90 percent of students globally affected by school closures.

According to the UNESCO’s 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report released last week (23 June), about 40 per cent of low- and middle-income countries have not targeted learners at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, widening inequalities……………………………………