COVID-19 Response Toolkit
Eight chapters below, available in English, French and Russian, developed by UNESCO and Coalition partners provide COVID-19 education response frameworks, country practices and examples, concrete steps for intervention, and tactical action checklists to support governments. These approaches can be used regardless of response stage; the kit is modular and each of its chapters can be used in a stand-alone manner
The current version of the toolkit is being tested in different global contexts. A final version of the response toolkit will be available in the second semester of 2020.
Remote learning strategy
In collaboration with McKinsey and Company
Defining and continuously improving remote learning measures
Supporting key stakeholders (students, parents, teachers) for effective use of these solutions
Monitoring and quality assurance
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Related Global Education Coalition Available Resources
- UNESCO, ‘Learning through radio and television in the time of COVID-19’, 02/06/2020
- UNESCO, ‘COVID-19: 10 Recommendations to plan distance learning solutions’, 06/03/2020
- UNESCO, ‘Learning in the COVID-19 era’, 10/06/2020
- Microsoft, UNESCO, “Resilience and Transformation for the Future of Learning”, 06/2020
- Microsoft, UNESCO, “Modern Teaching & Learning Teacher Training for Remote Learning”, 04/2020
- Microsoft, UNESCO, “Distance Learning Strategic Plan”, 2020
Re-enrolment
In collaboration with McKinsey and Company
Identifying students at risk of dropping out
Engaging students, parents, and communities to ensure all students are back at school
Remediation
In collaboration with McKinsey and Company
Bringing students to graduation level and catching up on lost learning from school closures and existing learning gaps
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Hybrid learning
In collaboration with McKinsey and Company
Defining learning approaches combining remote and in-classroom learning during school reopenings and in preparation for potential COVID-19 resurgence
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Related Global Education Coalition Available Resources
- UNESCO Bangkok, ‘Blended Learning for quality higher education: Introducing a new self-assessment tool for Asia-Pacific’, 22/07/2019
- UNESCO Bangkok, ‘Self Assessment Tool for Quality Higher Education in Asia-Pacific’
- UNESCO, IBE, ‘Blended learning’
- UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning, ‘Using ICTs and blended learning in transforming technical and vocational education and training’, 2017
- UNESCO, American University in Cairo, ‘AUC, UNESCO New Blended Learning Online Course Empowers Arabic Teachers’
- Microsoft, UNESCO, “Education Reimagined: Shifting from Remote to Hybrid Learning”, 2020
Organizing for the response
In collaboration with McKinsey and Company
Defining a new architecture to plan, coordinate, and manage stakeholders and external partnerships
Developing the required capabilities for an effective response
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Related Global Education Coalition Available Resources
Health, safety and resurgence protocols
Evaluating the tradeoffs to school reopening and reclosing
Defining health and safety measures to put in place before and after reopening
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Related Global Education Coalition Available Resources
- UNESCO, ITFTE, ILO, ‘Supporting teachers in back-to-school efforts: guidance for policy-makers’, 03/2020
- UNESCO, UNICEF,’ Joint UNESCO-UNICEF-World Bank webinar series on the reopening of schools’, 06/2020
- UNESCO, ‘Issue note n7.1: School reopening’, 04/2020
- UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, WFP, ‘Framework for reopening schools’, 2020
- UNESCO, IIEP, Conflict-sensitive and risk-informed planning in education: lessons learned, 2017
Remote learning platforms
Forthcoming chapter
Related Global Education Coalition Available Resources
Recommitment and reform
Identifying longer-term implications of the crisisRethinking the new education system and reforming it accordingly
Forthcoming chapterRelated Global Education Coalition Available Resources
- UNESCO, Futures of Education, ‘Education in a post-COVID world: Nine ideas for public action’ 2020
- UNESCO, Build back better: Education must change after COVID-19 to meet the climate crisis, 18/06/2020
- UNESCO, ‘UNESCO helps build ‘neo-infrastructure’ of crisis-resilient education systems in Pacific countries’, 29/05/2020
- UNESCO, ‘Global Education Steering Committee: how to make the case for safeguarding investment in education’, 09/06/2020