22% of primary and 30% of secondary students of Bangladesh at risk of learning loss

CNI Desk: At least 22 percent of primary and 30 percent of secondary level students are currently at the risk of learning loss due to long time school closure during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic in the country.

A recent survey conducted in rural areas and urban slums also showed that the learning crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic—a consequence of a log, nationwide school closure--- has worsened considerably in the past six months across the country.

 

The survey is part of a larger, multi-phase study by Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD): COVID-19 Livelihoods and Recovery Panel Survey.

 

PPRC Executive Chairman Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman and BIGD executive director Dr Imran Matin presented these findings at a webinar on Monday.

Zillur Rahman stressed that human capital crisis has been as great a concern as the health and economic crisis of Covid-19. School opening alone without an off-hours remedial programme cannot overcome the accumulated learning loss and danger of a drop-out generation, he added.