School-system priorities: An estimated 1.6bil students’ education has been affected after 191 countries shut down all its primary and secondary schools in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. — File photo
THE governments of 191 countries shut down all its primary and secondary schools as of April 15 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
An estimated 1.6bil students were affected by the closures, according to the McKinsey & Company ‘School-system Priorities in the Age of Coronavirus’ report.
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