Closing down schools again will adversely affect 320 million students worldwide, theUnicef said on Tuesday as 90 million more children stayed away from schools in November.There is a huge societal cost attached to school closure and prolonged shutdown will have a negative impact on education outcome, the UN agency added. The benefits of keeping schools open far outweigh the costs of closing them and nationwide closures of schools should be avoided, it said. When schools close, children risk losing their learning, support system, food and safety, with the most marginalized children, who are the most likely to drop out altogether, paying the heaviest price, Unicef said. “Too many schools are closing unnecessarily and not enough emphasis has been placed on taking steps to make schools safe fromCovid-19, it said.November saw a 38% jump in the number of children affected by school closures, Unicef said, after a big wave of reopening in the previous month.
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