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NOVEMBER 2020 2nd Edition

DISTANT EDUCATION IN TURKEY. WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE WORLD?

In the coronavirus epidemic that spread all over the world, Governments, together with healthcare professionals and
the most discussed issue was how to continue education. educators, are looking for solutions to what the state of
While schools, which were closed with the epidemic and schools will be. Discussions about the opening of schools in
started online education, have been opened in stores since Turkey while, let's see what's going on around the world?
June, online education continues in some countries.

ITALY

In Italy, the country with the highest number of cases,
conditions are like these; Within the scope of the epidemic
measures, while measures such as single-person rows for
students and the use of masks in places where distance is
not possible, news and images from various regions of the
country on the first day of schools showed that the
preparations were largely inadequate. In places where
school buildings and classrooms are not suitable for social
distance, church and theater buildings and prefabricated
buildings started to be used as classrooms. In the capital city
THE USA of Rome, some classes are planned to be held outdoors,
including the archaeological park area connected to the
ancient amphitheatre and Coliseum.

Schools started to open their doors since July. For example,
in California adults, third grades and above have mask
requirement. The number of students in the classroom is
reduced, and portable hand washing stations are brought
to schools. Fever is measured at the entrance of the school.
Attention is paid to social distance and being outdoors. It
is recommended to cancel extra-curricular activities. Wearing JAPAN
a mask is mandatory for employees in Washington, and it is
recommended for students who are kept in the same groups,
to sit at the desk facing the same direction. Extra-curricular Most schools were closed in Japan on March 16, 2020 and the
activities that require close contact are cancelled. summer holiday started. The schools opened after the summer
holiday but because of a second wave of Covid-19 the schools
closed for a month on October 5, 2020.

AFRICA
FRANCE

To Save the Children, the post- Covid-19 period was the
period in which the biggest education crisis was
experienced globally. The region most affected by this is In France after the first Covid-19 crisis education started on
Sub-Saharan Africa. 11th May 2020. With summer holiday schools closed again.
After summer holiday education started on 1st September
Worldwide, 56% of children aged 6-14 who cannot attend 2020, but the week the schools opened, 22 out of 60
school are in Sub-Saharan African countries. The region is thousand schools were closed because of Covid-19.
considered to be the region with the highest number of
children out of school in the world. %80 of students also
havedifficulty accessing the internet or electricity.

The only South African Movement Spokesperson Dipolelo
Moime told reportersthat although state-sponsored online
education is provided in some African countries, many
children cannot receive online education due to lack of CANADA
electricity and internet.

Stating that the schools in this country will remain closed
or open depending on their compliance with the conditions Secondary schools and primary schools opened in 5 states on
of the Covid-19 epidemic, Moime said, "Schools with 1 September 2020 in Canada. High schools are part time online,
inadequate economic conditions and infrastructure will part time in school for now.
continue to remain closed, but schools with suitable
economic conditions will be reopened."

Ugandan educator Dr. Mary Goretti argued that the
education problem has become a more urgent situation
than health due to Covid-19.
by Saliha Betül SEMERCİ & Nurefşan OĞUZ / 7th Monsters

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