800 million children across the world still not fully back in classes
Posted 11.50am UK time
While the British Government’s lockdowns have pushed us closer to the point of being a nation of illiterates, the same measures elsewhere have had even more dire consequences.
There are still over 90 countries in which schools are either closed or are only offering a mix of remote and in-person learning, according to Unicef. In some of them, children are being sent off to work to earn money for their families (perhaps their parents have been forced out of their jobs). In others, children are being married off.
I report on this for Lockdown Sceptics here.
