WHY PULLING CHILDREN OUT OF E-CLASSES MAY CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE LOSS

The coronavirus pandemic is indeed disrupting nearly every aspect of children’s lives – their health, development, learning, behavior, their families’ economic security, and their mental health. Education has been hit particularly hard with 1.53 billion learners out of school and 184 country-wide school closures, impacting 87.6% of the world’s total enrolled learners. It is now clearly emerging that the COVID-19-induced disruption to schooling will have learning gaps in children and for most children, this gap will persist through their lifetimes. A tiny minority of children are fortunate to continue their learning experience through online learning. While online learning may not be a perfect substitute for physical classrooms, it is still the optimum solution in these unprecedented times. One of the pertinent questions that emerge from parents is the impact of screen time. Some parents, especially of primary school children, are skeptical of online learning and want to discontinue online education, and thus are considering taking a gap year. 

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