31 Jan

A variety of educational systems across the world are currently opening fully, in part as well as in hybrid structure which leaves thousands of kids to experience a altered educational experience.  As COVID-19-related cases rise and decline in the coming months it is expected that the chaos will persist, with schools closing down and reopening when necessary to meet the needs of education while ensuring the health of the students, teachers as well as families.  Schools, parents and the entire system of education, particularly in the LMICs will have to assume new roles in order to aid students' learning while the environment is shifting, and could last for a long time.  As they adapt to this new reality the research done by over 220 professors associated with J-PAL Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and new ideas by J-PAL's collaborators provide three perspectives on how to support the short- and long-term goals in the education of children.  Help caregivers at home to assist children learn even when school is closed. With over 1.6 billion kids not attending school during the height of the pandemic, a lot of parents and caregivers, particularly with children in the early years are taking on new roles in order to aid with learning at home.  To aid them in their remote education, many LMICs have employed telephone calls, SMS as well as other easily accessible, cost-effective low-tech methods for delivering information.  Although they aren't ideal alternatives to school However, studies suggest they could aid in helping involve parents in the education of their children and aid in learning maybe even after the schools are reopened.  The preliminary results of an ongoing program as well as a random evaluations in Botswana demonstrate the potential of parental involvement and low-tech teaching methods.  In the event of the pandemic the non-profit organization Young1ove worked with the Botswana's Ministry of Education to scale up the Teaching at the Right Levelapproach to primary schools across several districts.  After collecting parent, student and teacher numbers, the NGO came up with two strategies to provide education-related support. 

Within several Latin American countries, researchers are assessing the impact on sending text messages to parents about how they can support their infant children who are transitioning to distance-learning courses.  Similar efforts to help parents and analyze the results are being conducted at the moment in Peru. Both of these will lead to better understanding how caregivers can help aid their child's education by using inexpensive and easily accessible technology. Other government and non-profit organizations in areas where internet connectivity is not available are also trying out experiments using radio and television to assist parents and improve learning for students.  In the Cote d'Ivoire government created a radio show that focused that focused on mathematics along with French for children from grades one through five. It consisted of hundreds of brief lessons. It was the Indian NGO Pratham cooperated together with Bihar state government as well as TV channels to produce 10 hours of educational programming each week, resulting in over 100 hours until now.

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