How Remote Education During COVID-19 Affects Students

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact not only the world’s global health and economy but education as well. Indeed, according to UNESCO, school and university closures are affecting almost one-point-six billion students around the world. That is why organizations like UNICEF and the Global Education Coalition are working tirelessly to provide remote education during COVID-19 worldwide. 

The Challenges of Remote Education for Disadvantaged Students

Governments around the world are making efforts to provide students with distance education opportunities. In general, this consists of web-based learning and streaming classes over TV and radio. However, access to remote education varies dramatically in conjunction with a family’s income level. Less than 25% of low-income countries around the world provide any type of distance education, for example. Of those that do, most use TV and radio for remote learning. This is largely due to a lack of widespread access to internet-service in the developing world………………………………