Education in a Post-COVID World: Towards a RAPID Transformation

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Educational Change; COVID-19; Pandemics; Educational Policy; School Closing; Acceleration (Education); Equal Education; Identification; At Risk Students; Potential Dropouts; Intervention; Barriers; Access to Education; Inclusion; Educational Diagnosis; Foreign Countries; Literacy; Numeracy; Social Emotional Learning; Remedial Instruction; Independent Study; Curriculum Development; Mental Health; Well Being

Asia; Africa; Caribbean; Middle East; Europe; South Africa; South America; Latin America

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, resulting in disruptions to education at an unprecedented scale. In response to the urgent need to recover learning losses, countries worldwide have taken RAPID actions to: Reach every child and keep them in school; Assess learning levels regularly; Prioritize teaching the fundamentals; Increase the efficiency of instruction; and Develop psychosocial health and wellbeing. Marking three years since the onset of the pandemic, this report looks back at policy measures taken during school closures and reopening based on country survey data, initiatives implemented by countries and regions to recover and accelerate learning, and their emerging lessons within each RAPID action. With schools now reopened worldwide, this report also looks ahead to longer-term education transformation, offering policy recommendations to build more resilient, effective and equitable education systems.

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2023

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