Reading stories has a positive impact on children's mental health; reading together also helps children to in addition to develop their language skills and imagination. Understanding that school closures were putting children’s education and emotional well-being at risk, #SAVEWITHSTORIES in Arabic was launched in Egypt on International Children’s Day, November 20th 2020.
This #WorldChildrenDay2020 comes amid a global pandemic and instability, but our children are staying stronger than ever! Listen to how they’re getting through the tough days and their dreams for the future.
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?