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• Joint Press Release between the United Nations and the Ministry of Information in the State of Kuwait

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries and all continents. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have impacted 94 percent of the world’s student population, up to 99 percent in low and lower-middle-income countries.

By Dr Tarek Elsheikh

Representative of United Nations Secretary-General and Resident Coordinator