Rewrite the Future : How Indonesia's Education System Can Overcome the Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Raise Learning Outcomes for All
The policy note presents an updated estimate of learning loss due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) -related school closures in Indonesia, taking into account the Government of Indonesia~^!!^s mitigating measures. Our revised estimates show that school clo...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/589551630680730676/Rewrite-the-Future-How-Indonesias-Education-System-Can-Overcome-the-Losses-From-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-and-Raise-Learning-Outcomes-for-All http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36327 |
| Summary: | The policy note presents an updated
estimate of learning loss due to COVID-19 (coronavirus)
-related school closures in Indonesia, taking into account
the Government of Indonesia~^!!^s mitigating measures. Our
revised estimates show that school closures precipitated by
the COVID-19 pandemic could result in a total loss of
between 0.9 and 1.2 years of learning adjusted schooling and
on average between 25 and 35 points on student’s PISA
reading scores. The extent of learning loss is determined
more by the effectiveness of distance learning than it is by
the duration of school closure in the time period
investigated. We identify a reduction of between 408 US
dollars and 578 US dollars per student in future annual
earnings equivalent to a present value loss in lifetime
earnings for all students of between 253 and 359 billion US
dollars, or 24 to 34 percent of 2020 GDP. To accelerate
learning and to recover some of these losses in the
short-term, schools and teachers can assess what each of
their students has been able to learn while schools were
closed and use differentiated plans to support each child to
accelerate their learning. In the longer term, the
Government can support the increased resilience of education
service delivery to protect against future shocks from
pandemics, climate change and other threats. |
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