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The Covid-19 pandemic left more than 1.1 billion children out of school, with more than 65% of countries mandating partial or total school closures globally. 48% of ministries of education adopted education radio programs for students to learn at home.

Protecting children from learning loss in Sierra Leone Format 22,000 teachers were also trained on health and safety protocols before schools reopened The youth of Sierra Leone were already poorly served by an education system starved of resources. Then the global COVID-19 pandemic struck in March 2020, and schools shut their doors. The pandemic brought grim reminders of the Ebola crisis of 2014, which led to eight months of school closures in Sierra Leone. The impacts were soon evident. Resea...

Protecting Children from Learning Loss: Sierra Leone’s Experience with Distance Learning and Keeping All Students Safe Format The World Bank Free Education (FREE) Project protects children in Sierra Leone from learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project provides: distance learning to 1.4 million children, of which half are girls; sensitization campaigns regarding COVID-19 prevention, gender-responsiveness, and back-to-school arrangements; school safety protocols and psychosocial s...