The COVID-19 pandemic is not just a health crisis, but one that has chilling ripple effects on many other aspects of our lives. One of which is education. Over the course of the pandemic, students lost close to two years of learning. The term “lost generation” has been used to describe this batch of students. While things are starting to go back to some level of “nomalcy,” the consequences of COVID-19 towards education are still felt. But just how serious is the problem? And what can we do about it?

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Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan

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Categories:  education

Tags:  the bigger picture,  live and learn,  education,  covid-19,  school,  teachers,  learning,  pre-school,  lost generation,