Amid the challenge of supporting education for Ukrainian children, a local school attended by a 12-year-old boy who has evacuated to Japan has resumed classes, and the boy is participating online with his classmates who are evacuating abroad. increase.
According to UNICEF-UN Children's Fund, Ukraine has so far displaced 2 million children abroad and more than 2.5 million have been forced to evacuate domestically, how to secure learning opportunities for children. The issue is how to do it.
Under these circumstances, at the school where Brad Brown (12), who is evacuating from Ukraine to Saitama Prefecture where his aunt lives with his grandparents, classes resumed online on the 23rd of last month, and children evacuated both domestically and internationally. Is also participating.
Ten of the 29 classmates attended the day, of which six, including Mr. Brown, participated from evacuation destinations abroad such as Poland and Italy.
Depending on the local war situation, there are days when you can not connect online even if you open your computer, but one day the math class is held on time, and Mr. Brown enthusiastically works on the class by writing down mathematical formulas etc. I was there.
Mr. Brown said, "I was used to online lessons with the new Corona, but when I see my friends on the screen, I want to meet them. My parents and friends are still in Ukraine, so I just want the war to end soon. I want to go to the lesson swimming when I come back to. "
Also, my aunt Yulia said, "I'm glad that there are classes online, but I can't speak Japanese and I can't play with children of my age. I want you to return to your normal life with your friends after the war. That's it. "