Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (38 pages)
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Erscheint auch als Cameron, Emma The Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Children in Kenya
Keywords:
Access and Equity in Basic Education
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Access To Education
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Children's Well-Being
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COVID-19 Metal Health
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Education
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Educational Inequity
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Emotional Consequences Of Covid
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Gender
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Health, Nutrition and Population
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Human Capital
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Mental Health
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Pandemic Learning Disruption
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Remote Learning
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Remote Learning Outcomes
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Student's Mental Health
Abstract:
Based on survey data for more than 5,000 Kenyan households, this study shows that, despite government efforts to introduce remote learning options, access to education declined markedly during a nine-month-long period of school closures. Remote learning was adopted by only a small minority of students, and disadvantaged children fell further behind. During the first semester of 2021, reports of alterations in children's externalizing and internalizing behavior more than tripled, with one in five children being affected by June 2021. After schools reopened, children learning remotely or through alternative means were more likely to suffer from these disruptions in emotional well-being than those who returned to school. While the medium- and long-term effects on learning outcomes and human capital remain unknown, the findings suggest that girls and children from poorer and less educated households have been disproportionately affected
DOI:
10.1596/1813-9450-10003
URL:
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