Category: COVID-19

Localising power and responsibility for education through community-based structures

by Kate Sykes, Obert Chigodora and Isabel Pearson | May 10, 2022 | COVID-19, Learning

NGOs have long understood that meaningful community engagement makes education projects more relevant, successful, and sustainable. But the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought sudden school closures and disrupted INGOs’ and national NGOs’ work, catapulted communities into leading roles. Read More

Adopting a holistic approach to examining learning loss as a result of school closures in Ethiopia: including socio-emotional learning

by Stephen Bayley, Darge Wole Meshesha, Paul Ramchandani, Pauline Rose, Tassew Woldehanna and Louise Yorke | Dec 13, 2021 | COVID-19, Learning

This blog was written by Stephen Bayley, Darge Wole Meshesha, Paul Ramchandani, Pauline Rose, Tassew Woldehanna, and Louise Yorke. It was originally published on the RISE...

COVID-19-related school closures in Ghana: Unequal effects on students’ learning opportunities, educational achievement and mental health

by Edward Sosu | Nov 18, 2021 | COVID-19, Learning

This blog was written by Dr Edward Sosu, Reader and Director of Research, and Sofia Milheiro Pimenta, Research Assistant, School of Education, University of Strathclyde. It...

Strengthening the education system for equitable learning during COVID-19 in Ethiopia

by Louise Yorke, Pauline Rose, Tassew Woldehanna and Belay Hagos Hailu | Nov 8, 2021 | COVID-19, Learning

This article was written by Louise Yorke, Research Associate, and Pauline Rose, Professor, REAL Centre, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK; Tassew Woldehanna,...

Rwanda Learning Partnership: Insights on school and system leadership during COVID-19

by UKFIET | Sep 29, 2021 | COVID-19

This article was written by Education Development Trust and published on the Education Development Trust website in September 2021. During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in...

Lessons from school reopening in Colombia

by Pablo Jaramillo Quintero | Aug 23, 2021 | COVID-19, Learning

Pablo Jaramillo Quintero shares reflections and takeaways from Alianza Educativa’s experience of reopening their schools in Bogotá, Colombia. Alianza Educativa is a non-profit...

How African countries can reform education to get ahead after pandemic school closures

by Noam Angrist | Aug 2, 2021 | COVID-19, Learning

This article was written by Noam Angrist, Executive Director of Young 1ove, and Research Fellow, University of Oxford. It was originally published on The Conversation on 12 July...

Looking back to move forward: Education pathways out of the pandemic

by Susan Nicolai and Moizza Binat Sarwar, | Jul 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Learning

This blog was written by Susan Nicolai, Senior Research Fellow, and Moizza Binat Sarwar, Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). It was originally published...

Reflections on the gendered impact of COVID-19 on education of children with disabilities in Nepal

by Shruti Taneja Johansson, Nidhi Singal and Niraj Poudyal | Jun 28, 2021 | COVID-19, Education and Disabilities

This blog was written by Dr Shruti Taneja-Johansson, Department of Education and Special Education, University of Gothenburg (Sweden); Professor Nidhi Singal, Faculty of...

COVID-19 and girls’ learning continuity in South Asia: Misplaced anxiety or justified fear?

by Ian Attfield, Chris Henderson and Mumtaza Abdurazzakova | Jun 9, 2021 | COVID-19, Girls' Education

This blog was written by Ian Attfield (UK FDCO, Girls’ Education Challenge), Chris Henderson (UNICEF Consultant and Columbia University) and Dr. Mumtaza Abdurazzakova (Save the...

Building Back Better: Analysis of the paper-based self-learning modules developed in Afghanistan as part of COVID-19 response

by Vijay Siddharth Pillai | Jun 7, 2021 | COVID-19, Learning

This blog was written by Vijay Siddharth Pillai, Education Program Manager with Street Child in Afghanistan. The author would like to thank Ramya Madhavan, Global Head of...

Examining the Reality of Online Education in India

by Jyoti Seth | Jun 4, 2021 | COVID-19, Learning

This blog was written by Jyoti Seth (a primary school teacher in India). The challenging school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic provided parents with an insight into online...