According to the study from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , “One year into COVID: Prioritising education recovery to avoid a generational catastrophe,” even before the pandemic the number of children lacking basic reading skills was on a downward curve.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, complete or partial closures have disrupted schooling for an average of 25 weeks, says the report, with the highest learning losses projected to be in the Latin America and Caribbean region, and in Central and Southern Asia. According to new data from a joint survey conducted by UNESCO and the UN Children’s Fund , only a quarter of students are benefiting from remedial education.
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