COVID-19: Education replaced by shuttered schools, violence, teenage pregnancy

Jul 28, 2021, at 11:00 pm

New York: A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach for millions, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday.

Pandemic disruption to learning is an opportunity to reimagine, revitalize education

Jan 24, 2021, at 10:50 pm

New York: To mark the third International Day of Education on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to the resilience of students, teachers and families in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic that, at its peak, forced almost every school, institute and university to close its doors.

New $10 billion funding plan, targets 260 million missing out on school

May 12, 2018, at 01:18 pm

New York, May 12 (IBNS): Three youth activists from India, Kenya and Sierra Leone on Friday delivered a petition signed by 1.5 million of their peers to the United Nations Secretary-General that calls for more investment in education.