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 teachers can prepare for online learning in the second term. Queensland has closed schools and moved to online classes.
For some children, learning online will be little more than an inconvenience. For others however, this will further magnify their learning disadvantage.
Source: Schools are moving online, but not all children start out digitally equal