COVID-19 threatens the progress of global literacy. This is how we keep up momentum

Sep 8, 2020

Student Juan Camacho writes the word "coronavirus" on a whiteboard during a lesson at Escuela 30, a rural school that has resumed classes after a month off due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in San Jose, Uruguay April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mariana Greif - RC21AG9KYTQ0

The theme of 2020's International Literacy Day is 'Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond' Image: REUTERS/Mariana Greif

Charles Chen Yidan

Founder, Yidan Prize Foundation

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Global literacy has grown substantially in the last two centuries Image: Our World in Data

Impact of COVID-19 on learners and school closures globally in 8 April 2020 Image: UNESCO

Students who are not reached due to either a lack of policies supporting digital and broadcast remote learning or a lack of the household assets needed to receive digital or broadcast instruction Image: UNICEF

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