COVID-19, Distance Learning and Educational Inequality in Rural Ethiopia

Autor/in	Belay, Degwale Gebeyehu
Titel	COVID-19, Distance Learning and Educational Inequality in Rural Ethiopia
Quelle	In: Pedagogical Research, 5 (2020) 4, (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2468-4929
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; COVID-19; Pandemics; Distance Education; Equal Education; Rural Areas; Electronic Learning; Educationally Disadvantaged; Academic Achievement; Economically Disadvantaged; Poverty; Family Characteristics; Access to Education; Parent School Relationship; Rural Schools; Educational Policy; Ethiopia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Schulleistung; Armut; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Äthiopien
Abstract	Due to COVID-19 outbreak, schools are closed in many countries of the world. China is the first to develop a distance learning program of 'Schools Out, But Classes On' not to disrupt learning. Ethiopia has closed schools on 16 March 2020 after it has confirmed the first coronavirus on 13 March 2020. To avoid the disruption of learning the Ethiopian Ministry of Education has tried to develop strategies to resume classes at home. Accordingly, radio and TV education programs are designed for primary education, TV program for secondary education, and online teaching for higher education. This article aimed at exploring the educational inequality of rural students of Ethiopia using situational analysis. The findings unveil the multiple inequalities of rural students that make them in a disadvantaged position compared to urban students. The available distance learning programs homogenises students which can create educational inequality. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01