SDG 04: Quality Education

World leaders: We need to save COVID-19's 'lost generation' of children

Children, who have missed their online classes due to a lack of internet facilities, sit on the ground in circles drawn with chalk to maintain a safe distance, as they listen to pre-recorded lessons over loudspeakers, after schools were closed following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dandwal village in the western state of Maharashtra, India, July 23, 2020. Picture taken July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Prashant Waydande - RC2P6I9IFUGU

An estimated 30 million children may never return to school, according to UNESCO. Image: REUTERS/Prashant Waydande - RC2P6I9IFUGU

Gordon Brown
United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education; Chair, International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, The Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown
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