The COVID-19 pandemic is an emergency of an exceptional scale, with major impacts on education globally and with significant new challenges for education in existing humanitarian contexts. This Viewpoint reflects on the immediate challenges of continuing education in humanitarian contexts and on the experience of the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) as a network supporting collective action of Education in Emergencies (EiE) practitioners globally. It also looks forward at INEE's plans to support quality distance education and issues to consider on the reopening of schools. It concludes with reflections on the needs and risks for EiE longer term.

is a consultant in human rights and international development, specialising in education policy and advocacy. Kate started her career at Amnesty International, where she became the Global Coordinator for Human Rights Education, she has since worked for a number of NGOs such as Save the Children, the Malala Fund and undertaken consultancies for a range of organisations, such as the Global Campaign for Education, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, and Theirworld. Kate also worked at UNESCO where she was Chief of Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights. Kate is a qualified teacher, with a BSc in Sociology from the London School of Economics and an MA in politics and development from the Institute of Latin American Studies. She is currently undertaking doctoral research at the University of Sussex focused on SDG4.

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