School Closures Have Severely Disrupted Education, and Remote Learning Remains Out of Reach for Many

Significant disruptions to global education caused by COVID-19continue. At the pandemic’s peak in 2020, school closures affected1.6 billion students in 180 countries.1 This has resulted in educationlosses equivalent to about one half of a school year in emergingmarkets and developing economies and disproportionately affectschildren from poorer and less-educated families.

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