924 Impact of COVID 19 on the education and health of schooling children in Sri Lanka; a multi-provincial study

Abstract

sanitizers unsafely, the effectiveness of awareness programs to improve safety practices among parents should be evaluated.

Development, Education and Learning in Sri Lanka

“…The Ministry of Education, TV channels, internet providers, provincial education officers and schoolteachers assembled a range of internet, print, hybrid and blended learning and teaching materials (Ministry of Education, 2020). Although teachers adapted to this unprecedented situation very quickly, students from socio-economically disadvantaged groups were affected disproportionately, due in part to their lack of access to the internet via PCs or smartphones and home support (Dayasiri et al, 2022;Fukami, 2022). Even by September 2021 it was estimated that fewer than half of all students were able to follow teaching and learning remotely (De Mel, 2021).…”