Reopening Schools Worldwide Should Be Given Priority To End Dropouts – Egypt’s IDSC

The Egyptian Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) says that COVID-19 pandemic affected educational process worldwide.

In a press release, the IDSC pointed out to an international report which recommended reopening schools and giving the educational process top priority to end dropouts.

The IDSC was commenting on a joint report issued in December by UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank on the status of education worldwide which affirmed that the education process was disrupted as a result of the pathogen and affected 1.6 billion students worldwide.

World Bank Global Director for Education, Jaime Saavedra, said the pandemic brought education systems across the world to a halt.

The international report added that more than 20 months later, millions of children remain shut out of school, while others may never return.

Furthermore, the report said that in low and middle-income countries, the share of children living in “learning poverty” could jump from 53 per cent to 70 per cent.