[Myanmar] COVID-19 Impact – Time for Myanmar to accelerate education reforms

Auteur : Upendranadh Choragudi

Production : Mizzima, news from Myanmar. Mizzima News est un organisme d’information multimédia birman. Il a été créé en août 1998 par un groupe de journalistes birmans en exil à New Delhi. L’International Press Institute a décerné à Mizzima News son prix Free Media Pioneer en 2007.

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Date : 31 janvier 2021

While the health care sector has been on the forefront in managing the pandemic, the education sector is yet to come to terms of overcoming the disruptions in the learning opportunities of for children. The Global Education Monitor (GEM) Report 2020, released by the UNESCO points out that ‘over half of the world’s student population still affected by full or partial school closures’. It estimates that on average 100 school days have been lost by each student globally during the last academic year. While Myanmar’s children too faced similar disruptions and it is also opportunity to accelerate reforms that would ensure inclusive education, meeting the aspirations of all sections of population.

Source : Upendranadh Choragudi, « COVID-19 Impact – Time for Myanmar to accelerate education reforms », Mizzima News, 31/01/2021. URL : http://www.mizzima.com/article/covid-19-impact-time-myanmar-accelerate-education-reforms (consulté le 10/02/2021).

Carte « à la une » : A man pushes his bicycle as he comes out from a closed entrance of a school at downtown area in Yangon, Myanmar, 27 August 2020. © Lynn Bo Bo/EPA