The closure of schools has exposed the lack of resources in many places for both students and teachers.
The increase in covid-19 cases in the world, spurred by the extension of the omicron variant, should not translate into the closure of schools, something that would be “disastrous for children”, warned this Friday the director of UNICEF, Henrietta Fore .
In a statement issued today, Fore recalled that many governments around the world are considering whether to close schools to interrupt the transmission of the virus, and recalls that previous closures “have swept decades of educational progress and have made childhood unrecognizable.”
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The closure of schools has exposed the lack of resources in many places for both students and teachers, as well as the inequality in connectivity; going further, it has resulted in more serious phenomena such as child labor, child marriage and psychological problems, recalls Fore.
The school provides security, daily interactions with friends, access to basic health services and, too often, provides the only nutritious meal of the day for many students, recalls UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.
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In short, mitigation measures must be privileged within schools, which have proven their effectiveness, while investing in digital connectivity so that no child is marginalized.
“Schools should be the last place to close, and the first to reopen (…) 2022 cannot be another year of interrupted learning,” concludes the UNICEF director. (I)
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