World going through education crisis due to pandemic: UN Chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the world is going through an education crisis as millions of children remain out of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a tweet, the UN chief said, we are in the middle of an education crisis and 56 million students are still affected by school closures due to COVID19, while 25 million may never return. He has noted that an effective pandemic recovery requires investment in teachers, digital learning, and systems fit for the future.

We are in the middle of an education crisis.

156 million students are still affected by school closures due to #COVID19, and 25 million may never return.

An effective pandemic recovery requires investment in teachers, digital learning, and systems fit for the future. pic.twitter.com/Rq64BespMC

— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) August 1, 2021

UNICEF also supported the UN Chief's views and said that Classrooms cannot continue to look like empty rooms.

Classrooms cannot continue to look like this.

Millions of children are still affected by full school closures due to COVID-19, facing an unprecedented second year of disruption to their education. To protect their futures, we must get them back to school as soon as possible. pic.twitter.com/MVoEVxhgpk

— UNICEF (@UNICEF) August 2, 2021

According to the latest data from the Johns Hopkins University, the overall global COVID-19 caseload has topped 198.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.22 million and vaccinations soared to over 4.11 billion.