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Ica was learning from home for almost a year and a half due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She recently returned to her school for limited face-to-face learning.

10 January 2022

Education and COVID-19 Response

The countries in the East Asia and Pacific region were the first to be impacted by COVID-19 and the ensuing major public health emergency

Three girls posing for a photo at their home in Indonesia

RapidPro helps ensure COVID-19 orphans receive care in Indon

7-year-old Afiqa misses her mother terribly since COVID-19 claimed her life a few months ago

A mother with a mask on during the COVID-19 pandemic holding her child

How Big Data and AI saved lives in Indonesia

In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with no medicine or vaccine available, governments around the world were pursuing non-medical interventions.

14-year-old studying at home

70% of 10-Year-Olds now in Learning Poverty, Unable to Read and Understand a Simple Text

COVID-19 worsens global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings

Eight-month-old eats ready-to-use therapeutic food at home

Global hunger crisis pushing one child into severe malnutrition every minute in 15 crisis-hit countries

Ahead of G7 summit, UNICEF appeals for US$1.2 billion to meet urgent needs of 8 million children at risk of death from severe wasting

A boy with a physical impairment studies at home with his mother

Learning Recovery Post-COVID 19

This technical report reviews evidence from the region on strategies that have proven effective at improving learning for the most marginalized children in

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Statement on the current COVID-19 outbreak in DPR Korea UNICEF East Asia and Pacific

Faishal, 11, at home in Botoran Village, East Java Province, Indonesia

UNICEF concerned that COVID-19 prevention measures have resulted in family separation

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With 23 countries yet to fully reopen schools, education risks becoming ‘greatest divider’ as COVID-19 pandemic enters third year – UNICEF

Number of children dropping out of school poised to increase, emerging evidence shows

Students in an elementary school attend class while following health protocols in East Jakarta, Indonesia

Less than half of countries are implementing learning recovery strategies at scale to help children catch up

Statement by UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education Stefania Giannini; UNICEF Director of Education Robert Jenkins; World Bank Global Director for Education Jaime Saavedra