Learning Losses from School Closure Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic for Thai Kindergartners

Weerachart Kilenthong, Khanista Boonsanong, Sartja Duangchaiyoosook, Wasinee Jantorn and Varunee Khruapradit

No 174, PIER Discussion Papers from Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This paper presents empirical evidence of learning losses from school closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic for kindergartners using a large-scale school readiness survey in Thailand. Its findings indicate that school closure during the outbreak of COVID-19 causes enormous learning losses in cognitive skills, especially in mathematics and working memory. The negative impact is heterogeneous across several dimensions, including child gender, special needs, wealth, having private tutoring, caregiver's education and parental absence. This paper also estimates daily learning gains, of which significant results confirm that going to school has significantly benefited young children, especially in receptive language, mathematics and working memory.

Keywords: Learning Losses; School Closure; School Readiness; Daily Learning Gains; COVID-19; COVID Slide; Disadvantaged Children; Working Memory; Math; Literacy; Receptive Language; Non-cognitive (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I25 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 53 pages
Date: 2022-03
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