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July 5, 2022, 12:20 p.m.

Students worldwide suffer education setbacks from pandemic

Summary

One of the major consequences of the coronavirus is that children around the world have been unable to attend schools to learn and are too poor to have computers and thus can't learn remotely. This is especially a problem in poor, less developed countries. For a transcript, click here .

Five Facts

  • Why can’t the boy from India featured in this story attend virtual classes?
  • Who will experience the most lasting effects from the pandemic, according to this story? Which age group?
  • How did the pandemic affect poverty in India?
  • What does the reporter mean by “the cycle of poverty” (2m:58s)? How does education play into this?
  • Which students are most likely to have stopped going to school? The poorer or richer ones?

Focus Questions

Think about the way that the pandemic affected your learning experience. Do you feel like you fell behind? Did you continue to learn during the lockdown? Did you attend online classes? What resources, technologies and support systems did you use to continue your education? Media Literacy: News stories from outside the U.S., beyond those about politics or wars, are fairly uncommon in most U.S. news sources. Why do you think stories like this get so little coverage? Should they be covered more?

For More

If your class is interested in what is happening in poorer countries and global inequality, check out the lesson and article below on vaccination disparities and the worsening famine in Africa:

Leo Kamin a student at Amherst College, wrote today’s Daily News Lesson with editing by Luke Gerwe.

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