@ED2030AfricaRemote learning access as low as 20% in parts of Africa
Global Partnership for Education hears of the challenges of maintaining access to education
Learners observe social distancing markers as they queue at a school feeding scheme in in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
As few as one fifth of pupils sent home from schools by the coronavirus shutdown are accessing continuing education efforts in a number of African countries, according to ministers involved in a conference call on the issue.
More than a dozen ministers exchanged views in a webinar on Thursday organised by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), an initiative backed by the World Bank. Fears that children will be permanently denied an education were a common theme, even though many states were able to switch quickly to remote learning modes of operation.