COVID-19 Education Response: Preparing the Reopening of Schools

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Key Information

In response to the unprecedented crisis caused by COVID-19, this paper is an attempt to synthesize and present information on the status of school closures and reopening globally, in an effort to inform decision-makers and support education planning efforts for school reopening. Leveraging lessons from past and current crises, it also presents concrete country examples and experience in handling similar situations and health crises. The paper analyzes available information and concludes with a set of policy directions. Authors are Theophania Chavatzia and Megumi Watanabe.


Location(s)

Global

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

2020 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
New for COVID-19
Geographic Scope
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas

Cross-cutting areas
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Emergencies and protracted crises

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Policymakers, School administrators, Teachers - female, Teachers - male, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Not applicable or unknown

School Level

Not applicable or unknown

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

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Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased re-enrolment in school among out-of-school children
  • Increased secondary school completion
Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown

Additional Information Back to Top
Primary Contact
Education Policy Sector
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
educationpolicy@unesco.org