COVID-19: Trends, Promising Practices and Gaps in Remote Learning for Pre-Primary Education

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Author(s)
Nugroho, D., Lin, H.C., Borisova, I., Nieto, A. & Ntekim, M.
Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
23 Dec 2020
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Children & youth, COVID-19, Education, Humanitarian Principles, Livelihoods, Monitoring, Research, policy and analysis
Organisations
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Link
https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1167-covid-19-trends-promising-practices-and-gaps-in-remote-learning-for-pre-primary-edu

The first years of a child’s life are critical to building the foundations of learning that help them succeed in school and beyond. Investment in early childhood education results in positive returns, not only for individual children, but also for building more efficient and effective education systems. Recent analysis estimated that every US dollar spent on pre-primary education results in US$9 of benefits to society.

This brief summarizes the key findings and observations from a report on the remote learning options – be it online, television, radio, paper- or mobile-based – that countries around the world have made available for pre-primary students and their families while schools are closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report was informed by the joint UNESCO-UNICEF-World Bank survey of national education responses to COVID-19 and emerging good practices from 10 country case studies.

Authors: 
Nugroho, D., Lin, H.C., Borisova, I., Nieto, A. & Ntekim, M.