FAQs for COVID-19 Infection in Singapore Read more about FAQs for COVID-19 Infection in Singapore This is a resource website by Singapore’s Ministry of Education, with guidelines for precautionary measures that can be adopted by schools, the conduct of national examinations and home-based learning.
Q&A: Schools and COVID-19 Read more about Q&A: Schools and COVID-19 The World Health Organisation provides a list of questions and corresponding concise recommendations and checklists on the safe reopening of schools.
Schools and Child Care Programs- Plan, Prepare, and Respond Read more about Schools and Child Care Programs- Plan, Prepare, and Respond This is a resource website created by the American Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for school leaders and administrators, and community. It comes equipped with information, guiding principles and mitigation strategies on the safe reopening of schools.
COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry Read more about COVID-19 Planning Considerations: Guidance for School Re-entry This is a resource website by the American Academy of Pediatrics, with guidance for school re-entry. The purpose of this guidance is to support communities, local leadership in education and public health, and pediatricians collaborating with schools in creating policies for school re-entry during the COVID-19 pandemic that foster the overall health of children, adolescents, educators, staff, and communities, and are based on available evidence.
Meeting the Challenges of the New Normal in School Education: An Online Workshop for Policymakers, Teacher Educators, and School Leaders Read more about Meeting the Challenges of the New Normal in School Education: An Online Workshop for Policymakers, Teacher Educators, and School Leaders The global COVID-19 pandemic has had huge disruptive effects on normal life, difficult as it already was in many countries. For schools, students and parents, the impact of closed schools and children stuck at home with little or no access to learning, the effect has been devastating. Experts estimate that a whole year of learning could be lost, meaning a whole cohort of students could be permanently lagging behind in their learning.
An Equity Focused Digital Strategy for Post COVID World Read more about An Equity Focused Digital Strategy for Post COVID World Presentation on good practice examples, lessons, and policy options in using EdTech solutions to help countries transition their short-term education solutions to the medium and long-term amid COVID-19 and beyond. The experience of the Central Square Foundation and Ashoka University in India highlighted.
Ashish Dhawan Keywords education capacity building ICT Read more about Ashish Dhawan Ashish Dhawan is one of India’s leading philanthropists and a key voice for system reform in the country. Ashish is the Founder and CEO of Central Square Foundation (CSF) with the mission to improve the quality of school education for all students (especially from low-income communities) through the pursuit of evidence driven and innovation led system reform.
Harnessing Digital Technologies for Education amid COVID-19 Read more about Harnessing Digital Technologies for Education amid COVID-19 The seventh Policy Actions for COVID-19 Economic Recovery (PACER) Dialogue on “Harnessing Digital Technologies for Education amid COVID-19” discussed technology and digital innovations that can improve learning, expand education access, and empower higher education and work force development. Over 60 government officials from Southeast Asia and the People’s Republic of China participated in the Dialogue, sharing country experience on education and EdTech policies and solutions taken to mitigate the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and accelerate recovery.
Diponegoro University-ADB Webinar: Future Education, Sustainable Cities, and SDGs Read more about Diponegoro University-ADB Webinar: Future Education, Sustainable Cities, and SDGs Amid COVID-19, governments around the world are compelled to find innovative and practical approaches on teaching and learning. How will the pandemic help us to rethink and reimagine future of education in collaboration with other sectors? The webinar discussed means to incorporate new ways of teaching and learning into cities’ planning and management as part of the new normal.
Piloting Udemy for Government Courses under ADB Technical Assistance Projects Read more about Piloting Udemy for Government Courses under ADB Technical Assistance Projects ADB's Ryotaro Hayashi gives an overview on how ADB integrates Udemy for Government courses in its technical assistance projects in Sri Lanka and Bhutan.