“No one expected that 1.6 billion students will be outside of schools,” said Hamad al-Sheikh. On Saturday, the summit’s first day, most world leaders stressed the need for greater global cooperation to ensure that vaccines against the virus are affordable and widely distributed, including in developing nations. ADADEven before his comments, expectations were low for the summit, an annual gathering of leaders of the world’s largest economies. No world leaders boycotted, but the remote gathering also did not provide Saudi Arabia with the kind of platform it had sought to showcase its accomplishments. Education that “blended” in-person and distance learning would become the norm, even after the worst ravages of the pandemic had passed.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2020 13:15 UTC