Many Thai families ‘not equipped’ for online school switch

More than half of Thai families are not adequately equipped for their children to receive online education, a report revealed on the same day the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) released its own joint reflection on the impact of Covid-19 on education.

Unicef and the World Bank yesterday launched “Where are we on education recovery”, revealing that students all over the world are facing learning difficulties due to school closures throughout the outbreak.

“With a combined 2 trillion hours of in-person schooling lost due to school closures since March 2020, students in more than four out of five countries have fallen behind in their learning. Less well-off children have seen their learning falling back,” Unesco Assistant Director-General for Education Stefania Giannini said.

“In particular, the most marginalised — those living in poverty and rural areas,…