UNICEF in collaboration with its implementing partner CARE International; distribute COVID-19 hygiene kits and educational books to migrant children and their families in 6th of October City, west of the Egyptian Capital Cairo.
UNICEF provides vulnerable children and families in Gezriet el Hawadka, Asyut in Upper Egypt with COVID-19 Hygiene Kits and supplementary educational books.
Girls on their first day back to school at Aisha bent Al Mo’meneen school in Amman.
Starting this semester, schools have resumed operations for the first time since closing in March due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education’s Safely Back to School campaign, under which schools are ensuring all necessary safety measures are taken, including social distancing and increased hygiene measures and awareness. Children are also returning to school on a rotational basis - spending half of the week at school and the rest at home using distance learning.
Evidence on the negative impacts of school closures is overwhelming, with long-term implications for children’s learning, safety, health and wellbeing. The reopening of schools in Jordan is critical for children and youth’s learning recovery. Going back to school is especially important for girls, children with disabilities, children living in poverty and refugee children – those who are hardest hit by school closures.
A recent study by UNICEF found that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the digital divide facing children from the poorest households in Jordan. Children in one quarter of the families surveyed did not access the official national online learning platform during lockdown and only 31 per cent of households have access to a Wi-Fi connection at home.
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to create safer and better schools and more innovative approaches to learning.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education to increase health safely in public schools through a range of measures including: improved water and sanitation facilities, the provision of half a million bars of soap to cover all public schools in the country, infection prevention control training for educators, increased hygiene awareness and a Safely Back to School campaign to explain physical distancing and other safety guidelines.
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Girls on their first day back to school at Aisha bent Al Mo’meneen school in Amman.
Starting this semester, schools have resumed operations for the first time since closing in March due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education’s Safely Back to School campaign, under which schools are ensuring all necessary safety measures are taken, including social distancing and increased hygiene measures and awareness. Children are also returning to school on a rotational basis - spending half of the week at school and the rest at home using distance learning.
Evidence on the negative impacts of school closures is overwhelming, with long-term implications for children’s learning, safety, health and wellbeing. The reopening of schools in Jordan is critical for children and youth’s learning recovery. Going back to school is especially important for girls, children with disabilities, children living in poverty and refugee children – those who are hardest hit by school closures.
A recent study by UNICEF found that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the digital divide facing children from the poorest households in Jordan. Children in one quarter of the families surveyed did not access the official national online learning platform during lockdown and only 31 per cent of households have access to a Wi-Fi connection at home.
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to create safer and better schools and more innovative approaches to learning.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education to increase health safely in public schools through a range of measures including: improved water and sanitation facilities, the provision of half a million bars of soap to cover all public schools in the country, infection prevention control training for educators, increased hygiene awareness and a Safely Back to School campaign to explain physical distancing and other safety guidelines.
Only one in three schools i
Girls on their first day back to school at Aisha bent Al Mo’meneen school in Amman.
Starting this semester, schools have resumed operations for the first time since closing in March due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education’s Safely Back to School campaign, under which schools are ensuring all necessary safety measures are taken, including social distancing and increased hygiene measures and awareness. Children are also returning to school on a rotational basis - spending half of the week at school and the rest at home using distance learning.
Evidence on the negative impacts of school closures is overwhelming, with long-term implications for children’s learning, safety, health and wellbeing. The reopening of schools in Jordan is critical for children and youth’s learning recovery. Going back to school is especially important for girls, children with disabilities, children living in poverty and refugee children – those who are hardest hit by school closures.
A recent study by UNICEF found that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the digital divide facing children from the poorest households in Jordan. Children in one quarter of the families surveyed did not access the official national online learning platform during lockdown and only 31 per cent of households have access to a Wi-Fi connection at home.
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to create safer and better schools and more innovative approaches to learning.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education to increase health safely in public schools through a range of measures including: improved water and sanitation facilities, the provision of half a million bars of soap to cover all public schools in the country, infection prevention control training for educators, increased hygiene awareness and a Safely Back to School campaign to explain physical distancing and other safety guidelines.
Only one in three schools i
Girls on their first day back to school at Aisha bent Al Mo’meneen school in Amman.
Starting this semester, schools have resumed operations for the first time since closing in March due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education’s Safely Back to School campaign, under which schools are ensuring all necessary safety measures are taken, including social distancing and increased hygiene measures and awareness. Children are also returning to school on a rotational basis - spending half of the week at school and the rest at home using distance learning.
Evidence on the negative impacts of school closures is overwhelming, with long-term implications for children’s learning, safety, health and wellbeing. The reopening of schools in Jordan is critical for children and youth’s learning recovery. Going back to school is especially important for girls, children with disabilities, children living in poverty and refugee children – those who are hardest hit by school closures.
A recent study by UNICEF found that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the digital divide facing children from the poorest households in Jordan. Children in one quarter of the families surveyed did not access the official national online learning platform during lockdown and only 31 per cent of households have access to a Wi-Fi connection at home.
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to create safer and better schools and more innovative approaches to learning.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education to increase health safely in public schools through a range of measures including: improved water and sanitation facilities, the provision of half a million bars of soap to cover all public schools in the country, infection prevention control training for educators, increased hygiene awareness and a Safely Back to School campaign to explain physical distancing and other safety guidelines.
Only one in three schools i
Gharam, 12 years, washes her hands on her first day back to school at Aisha bent Al Mo’meneen school in Amman.
Starting this semester, schools have resumed operations for the first time since closing in March due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education’s Safely Back to School campaign, under which schools are ensuring all necessary safety measures are taken, including social distancing and increased hygiene measures and awareness. Children are also returning to school on a rotational basis - spending half of the week at school and the rest at home using distance learning.
Evidence on the negative impacts of school closures is overwhelming, with long-term implications for children’s learning, safety, health and wellbeing. The reopening of schools in Jordan is critical for children and youth’s learning recovery. Going back to school is especially important for girls, children with disabilities, children living in poverty and refugee children – those who are hardest hit by school closures.
A recent study by UNICEF found that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the digital divide facing children from the poorest households in Jordan. Children in one quarter of the families surveyed did not access the official national online learning platform during lockdown and only 31 per cent of households have access to a Wi-Fi connection at home.
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to create safer and better schools and more innovative approaches to learning.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education to increase health safely in public schools through a range of measures including: improved water and sanitation facilities, the provision of half a million bars of soap to cover all public schools in the country, infection prevention control training for educators, increased hygiene awareness and a Safely Back to School campaign to explain physical distancing and other safety guidelines.
Boys on their first day back to school at Al Rasheed public school in Amman.
Starting this semester, schools have resumed operations for the first time since closing in March due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education’s Safely Back to School campaign, under which schools are ensuring all necessary safety measures are taken, including social distancing and increased hygiene measures and awareness. Children are also returning to school on a rotational basis - spending half of the week at school and the rest at home using distance learning.
Evidence on the negative impacts of school closures is overwhelming, with long-term implications for children’s learning, safety, health and wellbeing. The reopening of schools in Jordan is critical for children and youth’s learning recovery. Going back to school is especially important for girls, children with disabilities, children living in poverty and refugee children – those who are hardest hit by school closures.
A recent study by UNICEF found that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the digital divide facing children from the poorest households in Jordan. Children in one quarter of the families surveyed did not access the official national online learning platform during lockdown and only 31 per cent of households have access to a Wi-Fi connection at home.
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to create safer and better schools and more innovative approaches to learning.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education to increase health safely in public schools through a range of measures including: improved water and sanitation facilities, the provision of half a million bars of soap to cover all public schools in the country, infection prevention control training for educators, increased hygiene awareness and a Safely Back to School campaign to explain physical distancing and other safety guidelines.
Only one in three schools in Jordan
Boys on their first day back to school at Al Rasheed public school in Amman.
Starting this semester, schools have resumed operations for the first time since closing in March due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education’s Safely Back to School campaign, under which schools are ensuring all necessary safety measures are taken, including social distancing and increased hygiene measures and awareness. Children are also returning to school on a rotational basis - spending half of the week at school and the rest at home using distance learning.
Evidence on the negative impacts of school closures is overwhelming, with long-term implications for children’s learning, safety, health and wellbeing. The reopening of schools in Jordan is critical for children and youth’s learning recovery. Going back to school is especially important for girls, children with disabilities, children living in poverty and refugee children – those who are hardest hit by school closures.
A recent study by UNICEF found that the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the digital divide facing children from the poorest households in Jordan. Children in one quarter of the families surveyed did not access the official national online learning platform during lockdown and only 31 per cent of households have access to a Wi-Fi connection at home.
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to create safer and better schools and more innovative approaches to learning.
UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Education to increase health safely in public schools through a range of measures including: improved water and sanitation facilities, the provision of half a million bars of soap to cover all public schools in the country, infection prevention control training for educators, increased hygiene awareness and a Safely Back to School campaign to explain physical distancing and other safety guidelines.
Only one in three schools in Jordan
ضمان استمرارية تعلّم جميع الأطفال، سواء وجهاً لوجه أو عن بُعد، أولويّة في ظل استمرار ارتفاع عدد حالات “كوفيد-19” في جميع أنحاء المنطقة وتعطّل عملية التعليم.
عمان الأردن
سلام محمد
كشفت اليوم وكالات الأمم المتحدة في المنطقة عن إطلاقها أغنية “رجعت السنة”، وهي أغنية تشجع على عودة جميع الأطفال والشباب في جميع أنحاء المنطقة إلى التعلم.
إنّ الموسيقى وسيلة فعالة في إيصال الرسائل للمجتمعات، إذ يمكن للأغاني أن تكون مسلّية وتعليمية بالقدر نفسه، وخاصة للأطفال. يأتي هذا المشروع كجزء من خطة عمل وكالات الأمم المتحدة الإقليمية المشتركة لدعم بلدان المنطقة لوضع سياسات واستراتيجيات تضمن استمرار تعلّم جميع الأطفال في بيئة آمنة، سواء كان ذلك في البيت أو في المدرسة. تهدف وكالات الأمم المتحدة إلى إيصال رسائل تحفيزية ومعلومات موثوقة للأطفال والآباء والمعلمين، حول العودة إلى التعلّم.
أدت جائحة “كوفيد-19” إلى تعطيل التعليم لحوالي 110 ملايين طفل وشاب في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، نتيجة العزل والإغلاق. وعلى الرغم من الجهود الكبيرة المبذولة، فإن العديد من الأطفال لم يتمكنوا من مواكبة واجباتهم المدرسية. لا يزال الحصول على خدمات الإنترنت والكهرباء والأجهزة الإلكترونية الملائمة يشكلّ تحديًا، كما لا تزال الخيارات البديلة غير المتصلة بالإنترنت، بما في ذلك المواد الورقيّة، مناسبة.
من المرجح أن يُلقي الوضع الاقتصادي بظلاله على العائلات الهشّة، وخاصة اللاجئين، ويدفعهم إلى عدم إرسال الأطفال إلى المدارس. ومن الملاحظ أن حوالي نصف الفتيات اللاجئات في العالم معرضات لخطر التسرب. وهناك 1.3 مليون طفل على الأقل في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا معرضون لخطر عدم العودة إلى المدارس. وسوف تزيد هذه الأزمة من الخطر على وضع الموارد والميزانيات المخصصة لقطاع التعليم.
تشجع هذه الأغنية الأطفال على مواصلة التعلم بالرغم من العوائق العديدة التي قد يواجهونها، مع التشديد في الوقت نفسه على أهمية الالتزام بالإجراءات الصحية اللازمة عند إعادة فتح المرافق التعليمية. ويرافقها فيديو يوضح الإرشادات لكي تتم إعادة فتح المدارس بشكل آمن. وهذا يشمل الحاجة إلى التباعد الجسدي، ووضع الكمامات بالطريقة الصحيحة، وغسل اليدين والحفاظ على النظافة العامة. كما يسلط الفيديو الضوء على النهج المدمج للتعلم، الذي يجمع بين مشاركة الأطفال في التعلم وجهاً لوجه في المدرسة، والتعلم عن بعد في البيت.
هذه الأغنية هي نسخة مطوّرة عن الأغنية الأصلية التي تعود إلى عام 1976. أدرجت اليونيسف هذه الأغنية في العام الماضي ضمن ألبومها الموسيقي الأول من نوعه لأغاني الأطفال بعنوان ألبوم “11” *، الذي تضمن أغانٍ من كلمات وألحان الموسيقار اللبناني المعروف إلياس الرحباني.
تأمل هيئات الأمم المتحدة بأن تبيّن هذه الأغنية، إلى جانب الأدوات الأخرى التي قام الشركاء بتوفيرها في الأشهر الماضية، إمكانية التعليم والتدريس أثناء جائحة “كوفيد-19”. ومع بدء العام الدراسي الجديد 2020/2021 في ظروف استثنائية، فإن وكالات الأمم المتحدة تحافظ على التزامها بدعم الحكومات لتنفيذ خطط العودة إلى التعليم، والمبادرات نحو مواصلة التعليم الجيد المنصف والشامل، بما يتماشى مع تطلعات الهدف 4 للتنمية المستدامة.
يبقى الحصول على التعليم والخدمات الأساسية الأخرى في هذه الفترة المضطربة والتي تفاقمت بسبب الوضع الوبائي أمرًا بالغ الأهمية لجميع الأطفال والشباب وخاصة أولئك الأكثر هشاشة، وذلك لإنقاذ مستقبلنا.
