The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the most prolonged and widespread learning disruption in history. Adjusted school calendars and shortened instructional times have put millions of learners at risk of losing accumulated knowledge and skills while hindering their ability to benefit from academic programmes. In addition to impeding schooling, the pandemic has exacerbated education inequalities within and across countries, affecting all levels and forms of learning.

In this context, the Global Education Coalition is launching the Global Learning House to mobilize international solidarity and innovative solutions to support learning, especially for the most disadvantaged learners. More specifically it aims to provide supplemental educational resources and instruction, at no cost, for remedial programmes that mitigate COVID-19 induced learning losses.

We will initially target subject areas related to science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM).

Ultimately, the Global Learning House will provide at least 1 million learners with new learning opportunities.

We will achieve this by sharing relevant resources, technologies and networks for distance and hybrid learning while deploying customized solutions for supplementary, cost-free and level appropriate learning programmes.  

Initially, we will focus on delivering supplemental learning by mobilizing educators and volunteers while dispensing educational resources. Chief among these will be a repository of open license learning objects aimed at mitigating learning gaps in STEAM subject areas.