Photo Essay
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Students with masks walking alongside the earthquake affected school. Nepal’s education system is faced with COVID19 crisis while it is still recovering from the 2015 earthquake.
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Student walking towards a school vehicle. Student learning outcomes have been severely affected by the pandemic.
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Masks and hand sanitisers in a school. Schools are following precautionary measure to contain the spread of COVID19.
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Students in front of a school. To ‘build back better’, countries will need effective crisis-recovery strategies.
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Classroom waiting for students. According to UNICEF, approximately 825 million learners were affected due to school closures in response to the pandemic (as of 12 January 2021).
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Students practicing martial arts with masks. The pandemic has had severe impact on students’ general well being.
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Students with masks and social distancing. Education institutions are following precautions to prevent the spread of COVID19.
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Classes in ‘temporary’ classrooms that were built after the 2015-earthquake.
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The pandemic is posing challenges to the education system which is already coping with ongoing crisis in public education.
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Student walking towards her home. Many people lost their houses during the 2015 earthquake and have since lived in the tin shelters like these.
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Students on their way to school. Studies suggest that 20 million girls in developing countries may never return to the classroom after the pandemic.
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Students wearing masks and waiting for school bus in Nepal. The schools may be closed again as the second wave of the pandemic hits the country.