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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 catch-up programme since its doors reopened in July—though she fears the classes are not quite as ...

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. One additional year of schooling and women’s wages go up 12% (compared with 10% for men). Howeve...

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 to ensure that girls and women can realise the returns to their schooling, as one additional year of...

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 report, titled “Realising the returns to schooling: How COVID-19 and school closures are threatenin...

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 a double-shift system in place as of July 2020. Despite the government's efforts to keep students e...