Geneva: The school was closed because the Coronavirus pandemic must be reopened as soon as possible, the United Nations insisted on Tuesday, estimating that education more than 600 million children at stake.
“This cannot take place,” James Elder, spokesman for the United Nations (UNICEF) funds, told reporters in Geneva.
Safe! You have managed to throw your voteogin to see results that recognize the difficult choices that must be done by the government when facing the Covid-19 crisis and the possibility of the spread of disease, “the school must be the last closed and the first reopened,” he said, called it “Terrible mistake” to reopen the bar and pub before school.
“Open school cannot wait for all teachers and students to vaccinate,” he added, called for the government to protect their education budget despite experiencing economic difficulties caused by a pandemic.
While children in the northern hemisphere are on their summer vacation, in East and South Africa, an estimated 40 percent of school-age children are currently outside of school.
In the entire region, schools were closed due to a spike of Covid-19, with more than 32 million children expected to be outside of school because the closure was related to a pandemic or failed to return after their classroom was reopened.
It came above an estimated 37 million children who came out of school before Covid-19 hit.
In almost half a country in Asia and the Pacific, schools have been closed for more than 200 days during a pandemic.
In South America and the Caribbean, there are 18 countries and regions where the school is closed or closed in part, Elder said.
Worldwide, “Education, Safety, Friends and Food has been replaced by teenager’s anxiety, violence and pregnancy, he said.
Quoting Uganda, he said that between March 2020 and June 2021, there was an increase in pregnancy of more than 20 percent among 10 to 24 years.
Remote learning remains out of reach for a third of students throughout the world, said UNICEF.
In Southeast Asia and the Pacific, 80 million children do not have access to distance learning while their school is closed.
Schools in Uganda were closed for 306 days with only 0.3 percent of households that had an internet connection.
According to a World Bank study, the pandemic will cost this student of $ 10 trillion in lost income, Elder said.
The United Nations calls for Covid closed schools to reopen as soon as possible
