Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought attention to the stark inequities in public education worldwide, with the United Nations sharing these statistics: Schools closed in 191 countries, affecting 1.5 billion students and 63 million primary and secondary school teachers. Half of students did not have access to a computer, and 40% did not have internet access. A total of 56 million children live in areas that are not served by mobile networks - for example, in sub-Saharan Africa. In the United States, about 7 million school-aged children are in homes without home internet service.
DOI: 10.1002/cbl.30483
Author: Anne Walters
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3039950652