![]() who said she struggled with online learning: “I do not think I have the discipline to sit down and have no one teach me.” Many students echoed 17-year-old South African Lwandle M. Students frequently studied fewer topics or less content through distance learning. “A marking scheme is sent once the students have made an attempt and the papers are meant to be marked by the parents… The teachers do not communicate directly with us.” Children Learning Less through Distance Education I fear a drop in children’s level after all this time lost.” ĭekha A., 14, in Kenya, said her school sends revision papers to parents via WhatsApp twice a month. It’s too complex… Our children have not had any support during this time of pandemic. “But it is a program which is not specific for each level of class. A mother of a 6-year-old girl in Bangui said she tries to get her daughter to do revision exercises, and three times a week they listen to classes on the radio. Parents and teachers in the Central African Republic said in June that there had been no teaching since school closed. Next year I have my examination and I think I will have to work harder for that.” “Most topics are difficult to understand without the help of a teacher.” She said, “It’s been a little bit nerve-racking. In Zambia, just before 15-year-old Natalie L.’s school closed, “The headmistress came through the classes and told us to study on our own.” Natalie uses books she already had. “I reread my old lessons… I find math difficult to study at home. I’d forgotten a lot.” Chéckina M., 13, in Kinshasa, said she was given a study book by her school when it closed, but afterwards had no contact with her teachers. Although some students had received printed assignments, she said, “We cannot say that this is normal education.” One Congolese student told us, for example, “We were just told to regularly reread our notes while waiting for new instructions from the authorities… At first, I thought school would start again soon so I didn’t read my notes and then when I saw that it was going to go on, I started to read them. “Children are not taught during this period,” said an education official in Congo in June echoing the experiences of many children across the continent. Many children received no instruction, feedback, or interaction with their teachers. The director of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) in Madagascar that provides education and alternative care services to children who were previously homeless and either orphaned or unable to live with their parents said that children accommodated with host families “did not have any education during the closure.” Children Receiving No Teaching What will become of our uneducated children?” Lusenge K., 16, also from Congo, said in June she had no education after schools closed, and was concerned that she would not enter her final school year: “Lockdown is not good for me.” A mother of two preschool-aged children in North Kivu, Congo, said, “It does not make me happy that my children are no longer going to school. “My child is no longer learning, she is only waiting for the reopening to continue with her studies,” said a mother of a 9-year-old girl in eastern Congo. Many children received no education after schools closed across the continent in March 2020. Our research shows that school closures caused by the pandemic exacerbated previously existing inequalities, and that children who were already most at risk of being excluded from a quality education have been most affected. Submission to ACERWC - Impact of Covid-19 on Children’s Education in Africaīetween April and August 2020, Human Rights Watch conducted 57 remote interviews with students, parents, teachers, and education officials across Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia to learn about the effects of the pandemic on children’s education. ![]()
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