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Danish children back in class as countries plan to reopen schools
Strict rules on social distancing were in place as younger students became the first in Europe to return to the classroom amid the coronavirus crisis.
Classes closed by coronavirus crisis – but education is still delivered to children in Greek islands refugee camps
Dropping off packages of learning materials is one method used by UNHCRÂ and partners to ensure children are still being reached in the squalid and crowded camps.
Schools shutdown adds to misery for children trapped in Greek islands refugee camps
¹ú²úÊÓƵ has supported informal classes for young migrants - now the challenge is how to provide remote learning during the health crisis.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our news roundup is dominated again by coronavirus - including a call by ¹ú²úÊÓƵ and global organisations to increase education funding.
Five things you need to know this week about global education and coronavirus
Emergency funding to keep children learning during the crisis and fears for refugee children on the Greek islands are featured in our news roundup.
From Ebola to coronavirus: education must not be forgotten in a health crisis
The challenge faced during the 2014 epidemic in West Africa of ensuring that children don¹ú²úÊÓƵ™t fall between the cracks now confronts the whole world.
Five things you need to know this week about the coronavirus effect on global education
The pandemic has impacted 90% of the world's students through school shutdowns - children are also missing out on meals and at risk of violence and exploitation.
‘We are afraid of the unknown’ … Global Youth Ambassadors on the effects of the coronavirus pandemic
Young people around the world are being affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The mass shutdown of schools in more than 130 countries, orders to stay at home and the fear of contracting the virus are among the ways in which their lives have been impacted. We asked some of ¹ú²úÊÓƵ's Global Youth Ambassadors - our network of young activists - to share what changes they are seeing because of coronavirus.
Hundreds of millions of students now learning from home after coronavirus crisis shuts their schools
Lessons delivered online and by television are quickly becoming the norm for children in countries around the world.
Coronavirus school closures mean over ONE BILLION children and youth are now shut out of classrooms
The pandemic has forced over 120 countries to shut down their education systems - on top of 258 million young people already not going to school in the long term.