World Bank: Impact of Covid-19 on young people increases risk of ‘lost generation’
The Bank analyzed global data on the effects of the epidemic on young people under 25 years of age, “Collapse and recovery: How covid-19 corroded human capital and what to do about it?” published his report. The report stated that the impact of Covid-19 on young people increases the risk of a “lost generation”.
In the report, which stated that the Covid-19 epidemic negatively affected the development of millions of children and youth in low- and middle-income countries, causing a major collapse of human capital at the critical moment in the life cycle, the epidemic harmed to the cognitive development and lifetime earnings of children and young people, and endangered the well-being of generations and the growth of economies.
STUDENTS MAY LOSE ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THEIR FUTURE EARNINGS
Today’s students could lose up to 10 percent of their future earnings due to the educational impacts caused by Covid-19, according to the report.
Recalling that the epidemic caused the closure of schools and workplaces, disrupting services that protect and support human capital, the report states that due to the epidemic, preschool-age children in many countries have more than 34 percent of their early speech and literacy education and 29 percent of their math learning, compared with pre-epidemic groups. It was reported that he lost more than
The report noted that preschool enrollments did not recover until the end of 2021, even after schools reopened in many countries.
Children also face increased food insecurity during the pandemic, according to the bank report.
APPROXIMATELY 1 BILLION CHILDREN ARE DENIED AT LEAST ONE FULL YEAR OF IN-FACE EDUCATION
School closures and ineffective distance learning measures cause students to be deprived of learning and forget what they have learned before, according to the report.
The report noted that nearly a billion children in low- and middle-income countries were denied at least a full year of face-to-face education due to school closures.
Drawing attention to the fact that learning poverty, which was 57 percent before the epidemic, has risen further in these countries, it was reported that approximately 70 percent of 10-year-olds could not understand a basic written text.
In the report, it was noted that Covid-19 also dealt a heavy blow to youth employment, and it was stated that 40 million people who would have had a job had it not been for the epidemic were unemployed by the end of 2021, and the epidemic worsened. youth unemployment trends. (AA)