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Schools are moving online, but not all children start out digitally equal

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  More than one billion young people around the world are now shut out of classrooms due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Even in Australia where many schools remain open, many parents have chosen to keep their kids home. Some Australian non-government schools have already shut their doors and moved classes online. Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania have ended the term early so […]

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Lack of internet access in Southeast Asia poses challenges for students to study online amid COVID-19 pandemic

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  Governments and companies across the world have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with cancellations of public events and closures of offices, restaurants, museums, schools and universities to avoid masses from gathering as the highly contagious pneumonia-like disease can spread from one person to another. As of March 17, over 182,000 cases and more than 7000 deaths

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The social support networks stepping up in coronavirus-stricken China | openDemocracy

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  The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China started in January 2019 and put a massive strain on the public health system. As a rapid response, the ironclad lockdown of tens of millions of people in the province of Hubei, and practical house confinement of hundreds of millions of Chinese, have hit pause on everyone’s

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Education in a pandemic: five messages that Australia’s aid program could consider now – Governance and Development Soapbox

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After much debate in the media about whether it is safe for the community, teachers and children themselves to continue going to school,[1] the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria in Australia are going ahead with student-free schooling. Whilst the symptoms and deaths of children from COVID-19 have been lower in comparison to other ages groups

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What America can learn from Taiwan’s coronavirus response – Vox

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The government of Tawain was prepared and had the capability to undertake a portfolio of 124 coordinated actions involving an all-government approach and including travel bans, quarantines, early testing, surveillance steps, social distancing, an more. Read more below: Aggressive measures starting in December saved Taiwan. Can we learn from them? Source: What America can learn

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