While most countries are working towards re-opening schools, there are still intermittent closures and use of hybrid learning. With the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), 180+ countries mandated temporary school closures, leaving ~1.6 billion children and youth out of school at its height and affecting approximately 85% of children world-wide. In low- and middle-income countries “learning poverty” stands at 53%, while for the poorest countries, this is 80% on average. The World Bank estimated the levels of “Learning Poverty” across the globe by measuring the number of 10-year old children who cannot read and understand a simple story by the end of primary school.
The WBG works in partnership with governments and organizations worldwide to support innovative projects, timely research, and knowledge sharing activities about the effective and appropriate use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in education systems - "EdTech" - to strengthen learning and contribute to poverty reduction around the world, as part of its larger work related to education. The World Bank Group is the largest financier of education in the developing world, working on education programs in more than 80 countries to provide quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for all.
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