02 April 2020

Equity in access to distance learning solutions during the global COVID-19 crisis

Equity in access to distance learning solutions during the global COVID-19 crisis

Education systems in ASEM countries are currently heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Using the UNESCO Statistics of worldwide school closures, the AES has calculated that over 990 million students in ASEM partner countries are affected by school and university closures, of which almost 132 million in tertiary education. In many countries around the globe, governments, education institutions,