Mithil Aggarwal is a Hong Kong-based reporter/producer for NBC News.
HONG KONG — Schools in Asia that endured some of the longest shutdowns of the pandemic are once again canceling classes or moving them online, this time due to record-breaking heat waves. Experts say rising temperatures fueled by climate change and the resulting disruptions to schooling threaten to widen the learning gaps between children in developing and developed countries, and that they should serve as a warning to schools around the world as summer approaches.
Some teachers, like Nasrin Akter, are wasting no time and moving their classes back online. “We call them Corona kids. Most of them are used to online classes for most of their education,” said Akter, who teaches English to first graders in Dhaka. But for students that young, she said, it is equally important for them to spend time face to face with their teachers and peers. “No matter what we do in online classes, they’re missing out on the part where we can talk to them personally,” she said.
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