Press release
UNESCO and Education Cannot Wait provide online learning material for teachers and students in Lebanon
The COVID-19 outbreak has translated into a major education crisis. In Lebanon, 1.2 million children are affected by school closure and have seen their learning routine disrupted. While Lebanon has switched to distance teaching and learning to mitigate the effects of such disruption, challenges related to preparedness, infrastructure and capacity, as well as the digital gaps, have put additional strains on students, parents, teachers, and the educational authorities.
In this context, and in the framework of their educational response to the COVID-19 crisis, UNESCO鈥檚 Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States (UNESCO Beirut) and Education Cannot Wait (ECW) joined efforts to support the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in developing inclusive distance learning solutions to ensure that learning never stops.
As one of the tracks of the Ministry of Education鈥檚 strategy to respond to the COVID-19 crisis focuses on developing online learning as an alternative to school closure, UNESCO Beirut and ECW, with generous support from the French government, furnished the Ministry with online learning material and digital resources to be used by teachers and students in Lebanon. 297 video lessons, covering Maths, Sciences, and French classes, were provided by Reseau CANOPE, and are available on the online platform launched by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education for the COVID-19 response.
This cooperation comes within the framework of UNESCO鈥檚 project 鈥淪upporting francophone teaching and learning in Lebanon鈥, funded by ECW with the support of the French government, and launched in November 2018. The project aims to promote the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning in French for vulnerable Lebanese and non-Lebanese students enrolled in public schools, and is implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
