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E VEN BEFORE covid-19 forced its classrooms to close for three months last year, Mavis Maphoto’s school in Botswana had decided that its pupils needed to catch up. At the start of 2020 it began setting aside an hour each day in which to shuffle some of its children out of their usual classes and into groups decided by how well they could do maths. For 60 minutes chairs and tables are swept aside; pupils play learning games on the floor. Ms Maphoto, a teacher, says her school has expanded its ...

Bringing Girls Back to School BY April 6, 2021 This joint post has been produced by speakers following a conversation organized by WISE on the occasion of the International Day of Women, on the consequences of the pandemic on girls’ and women’s education. The following summarizes their contributions and highlights recommendations. . T he returns to schooling are especially high for women. That is, the earnings increment associated with more education is in fact higher for women than for men...

By Adesina Wahab Over 11 million girls in low and middle income nations such as Nigeria may not return after the reopening of schools following their closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by the World Bank has noted. The report, titled “Realising the returns to schooling: How COVID-19 and school closures are threatening women’s economic future, ” said the pandemic is eroding the gains made in girls’ education in recent years. The Bank noted that urgent action is needed ...

Translate Home » More... » Education » Reopening of schools after COVID-19: 11m girls may not return in Nigeria, others — World Bank Reopening of schools after COVID-19: 11m girls may not return in Nigeria, others — World Bank On By Adesina Wahab Over 11 million girls in low and middle-income nations such as Nigeria may not return after the reopening of schools following their closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by the World Bank has noted. The r...

Bergman) "To address the learning crisis, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, approaches that can cost-effectively improve learning on a global scale are needed." The COVID-19 outbreak caused education systems around the world to halt in-person learning. In Botswana, schools across the country were closed from March to June 2020; shortly after reopening, a new wave of COVID-19 cases prompted a subsequent school closure, with similar waves of reopening and closing expected, and...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: This is the third in a series of three blog posts on technology escrow for the federal government. See the Deeper Dive section at the end of this post for links to the first and second posts in this series. Technology escrow is an important and viable solution for federal government agencies — in fact, it should be considered a best practice. Escrow plays an important role in securing software and other intellectual property (IP) as...

[i] This learning crisis will likely be worsened by school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To address these learning gaps, the Botswana government had committed to focusing on foundational literacy and numeracy. If students do not know how to recognise numbers, that should be the focus of instruction, regardless of which grade they are in, until they do. This approach is reflected in the national Education and Training Sector Strategic Plan. Moreover, the government of Botswana has opera...