The document discusses the impact of COVID-19 school closures on education worldwide. It finds that only 70% of students have the necessary assets for remote learning, and 31% cannot be reached by remote learning programs. While 90% of countries have implemented some form of remote learning, most students who cannot be reached are from rural and poor backgrounds. It also notes that remote learning policies relying on TV had the potential to reach 62% of students, and that the online education market is projected to reach $350 billion by 2025.

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Made by
66%of all teachers
reported working more hours
than usual during every week
of isolation
TV-based remote learning
policies had the potential to
reach the highest proportion of
students (62%), which accounts
In US nearly 25%of those from
disadvantaged backgrounds do
not have a computer
90%of countries have
implemented some form of
remote learning policy
3/4students who cannot
be reached by remote learning
opportunities come from rural
areas and poor households
The market for online
education projected to reach
$350 Billion
by 2025
School closures
around the world
due to COVID-19
have affected
Only 70%of
students around the
world have the
necessary assets at
home to learn
remotely via digital or
broadcast classes
31%of
schoolchildren
worldwide cannot be
reached by remote
learning programs
Radio
TV
Digital
Home-visit
Take-home
Sources
https://inee.org/system/files/resources/UNICEF_COVID19_DECISION_TREE_V8_CLICK_HERE.pdf
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/coronavirus-education-global-covid19-online-digita
l-learning/
https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/IRB%202020-10.pdf
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/06/03/how-covid-19-is-shaping-tech-use-what.html
https://data.unicef.org/resources/remote-learning-reachability-factsheet/
Does your target population have
access to hardware and affordable
connectivity at home?
Are there government
platforms delivering
curriculum online?
Are there available digital
learning materials that
follow the curriculum?
Explore delivery
through online
platforms students
have access to
Inform people about
available free digital
tools for informal
learning at home
Support paper-based response :
• take-home packages
• delivery through newspapers
Support communication between
teachers and parents via call,
SMS, or WhatsApp groups, etc.
Document and
share case-studies
Explore
TV/radio-based
teaching
Inform people about
positive home-based
practised to enabling
learning
Does your target
population listen to the
radio or watch TV?
UNICEF COVID-19 Remote
Learning Decision Tree
for almost 930million
students worldwide
The Impact of
COVID-19
on Education
58% 48%
75% 7%
73%
91%
- approximately
1.6 billion - of learners
Percentage of countries
using remote learning
delivery channels