Colombo

The goal of providing universal education has two major components: access and quality.Due to the poor quality of teaching and learning practices, over half of all 10-year-old children could not read and understand a simple text in low and middle-income countries.The COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated the already existing learning crisis. At the peak of school closures in April 2020, 94% of students or 1.6 billion children were out of school worldwide. The South Asia region stands to lose up to USD 622 billion from the school closures besides substantial learning losses. The situation calls for educationists and policymakers to come together to deliberate ways of addressing the learning gap among children.

It is a saying that your stick must only reach the tip of another’s nose, which is the limit of enjoying one’s humane freedom. Therefore, in such a catastrophic and oppressive situation, we must think more about human freedom than ever before and be determined not to do anything that will harm others by claiming that it is our freedom. For example, when the medical community tells you that wearing a mask is essential in the event of a corona infection, you cannot disobey it and claim that it is human freedom not to wear a mask. Because your human freedom should not affect the transmission of a disease to another human being. #fnfsrilanka #freedom #srilanka #colombo #srilankanfreedom #responsibility #responsiblechoices #humanrights #responsibilities #humanresponsibilities #freedomofvoice #freedomofexpression #equalopportunities #freedomforall

Our next event on #education will deal with the topic of fulfilling learning gap among students in #SouthAsia. Register to know more: https://fnfsouthasia.webex.com/fnfsouthasia/onstage/g.php...