Inequality between students in access to quality education due to disruption of schools caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19 Pandemic, Distance Learning, and Educational Inequality in Rural Ethiopia
Degwale Gebeyehu Belay (Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia)
Source Title: Global Risk and Contingency Management Research in Times of Crisis
Copyright: © 2022|Pages: 19
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5279-0.ch013
Abstract
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, schools are closed in many countries worldwide. China is the first to develop a distance learning program of ‘Schools Out, But Classes On' not to disrupt learning. Ethiopia closed schools on 16 March 2020 after it confirmed the first coronavirus on 13 March 2020. To avoid learning disruption, the Ethiopian Ministry of Education has tried to develop strategies to resume classes at home. Accordingly, radio and TV education programs are designed for primary education, secondary education programs, and online teaching for higher education. This chapter aimed to explore the educational inequality of rural students of Ethiopia using situational analysis. The findings unveil the multiple inequalities of rural students that make them disadvantaged compared to urban students. The available distance learning programs hom*ogenize students, which can create educational inequality.
