S1E73: School Interrupted: Millions of children losing a year of education in Covid era: Asian Insider Ep 74

The Straits Times Podcasts · Jul 29, 2021 · 15m

Asian Insider Ep 74: School Interrupted: Millions of children losing a year of education in Covid era

15:41 mins

Synopsis: Each month, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week's global talking points with expert guests.

Millions of children have in effect lost a year of education amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Nirmal Ghosh chats with ST's Philippines correspondent Raul Dancel and India correspondent Rohini Mohan about the following points:

Schools in Philippines closed since March 2020 (1:12)

Millions of children out of school in India (3:46)

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