Covid-19: A devastating hit to the educational sector
Since late March 2020, the ministry of education has suspended the schools in Syria, as a precautious response to the pandemic spreading worldwide. However, missing half a semester is a significant hit to education. It will take many students a lot of time and effort to catch up. Specially that we do not have the option of moving to online learning, since majority of students don’t have access neither to internet nor to computer devices, let alone the lack of electricity itself which is a big problem.
The longer the closure of educational facilities continues, the greater the damage on the educational and development process becomes. Leaving us, when this is all over, with an additional responsibility of filling the gap of learning inequalities that has been widened due to the schools’ closing as a result of Coronavirus pandemic.
