SA kids learnt 50% less in 2020 due to lockdown

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SA kids learnt 50% less in 2020 due to lockdown 🔒

The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown have had a devastating effect on schooling with new research showing that primary schoolchildren in poor areas learnt between 50% and 75% less in 2020 than they did the year before.

Research also shows that neither primary nor high schools are primary sites of infection and that the teacher deaths that occurred in 2020 were unrelated to whether schools were open...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.

 

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