Guidance on Distance Learning Modalities to Reach All Children and Youth During School Closures

  • A Advocacy Campaign/Project

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Key Information

This guidance on continuity of learning during school closures draws on the key lessons learned from the COVID-19 education response around the world. It was developed for government policymakers and education staff of national and international organizations involved in the education response during school closures.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)
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
Attainment
  • Primary completion
  • Secondary completion
Other
  • Remote Learning
Quality
  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School facilities
  • School quality
Skills
  • STEM

Cross-cutting areas
  • COVID-19 Response
  • Digital literacy

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys (both in school and out of school), Girls (both in school and out of school), Youth

Age

5 - 18

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
Educational Technology
  • Computer-assisted learning
  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
  • Digital learning materials/programs
  • Digital reading materials (non-textbook)
  • Digital skills/literacy (including coding)
Increased availability of learning materials
  • Educational Radio or Television Programs
  • Textbooks (digital)
Other
  • Check-in calls or SMS messages by teachers
Teaching
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - outside the classroom
  • STEM - in the classroom
  • STEM - outside the classroom
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased grade attainment
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased test scores
  • Reduced absenteeism
  • Reduced grade repetition
Cross-cutting goals

Not applicable or unknown