Education

“Women build societies. Our mothers, sisters, wives and daughters are all girls. They all play an essential role. They bring families together.”

Today we mark International Literacy Day (ILD) 2020, with a focus on literacy teaching and learning in the context of COVID-19 and beyond. Throughout the pandemic, teaching and learning strategies were reimagined to minimize the impact of school closures. Teachers faced changes to their working conditions, and technology became the key player over the past few months. So what was the situation like for teacher and students in Egypt?

As in many countries around the world, the coronavirus outbreak led to sudden nationwide school closures across Egypt. The Ministry of Education decided that primary and preparatory students would be evaluated according to a number of research papers instead of taking final exams. the research papers need to be submitted before the end of the academic year in order to pass to the next grade.

Millions of children have been affected by extended school closures across Egypt amid the outbreak of COVID-19. Here are the stories of two Syrian children, talking about how the education kits they received through Save the Children have kept them occupied while staying at home, along with the photos shared by their parents.

A little girl’s imagination on paper