Violence, Hunger: The ‘Overwhelming’ Impact Of School Closures

WHILE school bells are ringing again in some countries, nearly 24 million students could drop out for good next year.

Kone Gininkita, a preschool and primary teacher in the town of Sangouine in western Ivory Coast, is worried that some of his students may not return to school this year. He estimates that 10 percent of them will drop out as their families have been pushed further into poverty due to the economic shock of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I fear they will fall into criminality or all sorts of vices,” he told Al Jazeera over the phone………………………………………………………………………………