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Directorate of Primary Education, Unicef, World Bank to help mitigate Covid-19 learning loss

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23 November, 2021, 02:20 pm
Last modified: 23 November, 2021, 02:20 pm

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Directorate of Primary Education, Unicef, World Bank to help mitigate Covid-19 learning loss

TBS Report
23 November, 2021, 02:20 pm
Last modified: 23 November, 2021, 02:20 pm
Directorate of Primary Education, Unicef, World Bank to help mitigate Covid-19 learning loss

The Directorate of Primary Education under the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has kicked off the digital content development and dissemination initiative of the Covid-19 School Sector Response Plan (CSSR) project.

The project is being implemented with technical assistance from Unicef and World Bank through Global Partnership for Education (GPE) funding support worth $4.779 million, reads a press release.

Unicef will work in close collaboration with the Directorate of Primary Education and the Directorate of Secondary and High Education to develop integrated remote learning content and disseminate them to mitigate the learning loss.

"We are thrilled to be working with GPE and the World Bank to increase the availability of more interactive digital content for television, national and community radio, internet, mobile phones and printed materials, specially focusing on the children of disadvantaged groups," said Sheldon Yett, Unicef representative to Bangladesh.

Stating CSSR project as the largest Covid-19 response in the education sector of the country, he further added that with this project Unicef will not only address the learning loss, expand digital content repository, strengthen the system resilience, but will also continue to support the government through other initiatives to strengthen the digital learning ecosystem, the curriculum, learning innovation, child safety, skilling teachers, and more.

The alignment of the digital learning contents with the national curriculum will be ensured so that learning objectives can be met, added the statement.

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, schools across Bangladesh were closed for over 543 consecutive days and re-opened on 12 September 2021.

This closure affected more than 35 million students (more than half are girls) from pre-primary to secondary (including non-formal) students who faced an unprecedented challenge of learning during this time.

The year-long project set to start from next month will support activities that mitigate learning loss and recover from Covid-19, enable teaching-learning to continue, and ensure the education sector is more resilient to future shocks in alignment with the development planning of the Government of Bangladesh. 

Unicef will support the Government with the development of these digital learning contents and will also be developing and producing 150,000 printed learning packages for students in remote areas in consultation with DPE.

The Global Partnership for Education's (GPE) COVID-19 accelerated funding window is providing funding allocations to address the pandemic's impact on education systems in 66 countries, with Bangladesh receiving US$15 million under the CSSR project through the World Bank as GPE's grant agent. 

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