How many students could continue learning during COVID-19-caused school closures? Introducing a new reachability indicator for measuring equity of remote learning

Garen Avanesian, Suguru Mizunoya and Diogo Amaro

International Journal of Educational Development, 2021, vol. 84, issue C

Abstract: This paper proposes a new reachability indicator to analyze the effectiveness of remote learning policies adopted by ministries of education in response to school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The indicator provides the share of students that can potentially be reached by remote learning policies given the availability of necessary household assets such as radios, televisions, computers and internet access. The results of this analysis outline the stark inequities in access to remote learning, suggesting that at a minimum, more than 30 % of schoolchildren globally cannot be reached by remote learning policies due to the high variation in access to assets for remote learning that exists within and between the world regions. The analysis finds that wealth and area of residence are key factors affecting the reachability of remote learning policies, suggesting that children who reside in rural areas and/or belong to the poorest households in their country are at the greatest risk of being left behind.

Keywords: COVID-19; Remote learning; Education policy; Educational equity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2021.102421

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