Ten million kids 'may never return to school' after virusSave the Children said that for the first time ever, "an entire generation of children globally have had their education disrupted". It said the economic fall-out of the crisis could force an extra 90 to 117 million children into poverty, with a knock-on effect on school admissions. "Around 10 million children may never return to school -- this is an unprecedented education emergency and governments must urgently invest in learning," Save the Children chief executive Inger Ashing said. "If we allow this education crisis to unfold, the impact on children's futures will be long lasting," Ashing said. Before the crisis, an estimated 258 million children and adolescents were already missing out on school, the charity said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 12, 2020 23:26 UTC