New Corona More than 1.5 billion children worldwide can't go to school April 4: 4:22

The United Nations concluded that more than 1.5 billion children worldwide were unable to attend school due to school closure measures associated with the spread of the new coronavirus.

According to the UNESCO-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 190 schools around the world, including Japan and China and France, have been closed on April 3 to prevent the transmission of the new coronavirus. It goes up to the country and the region.

As a result of these measures, 1,543 million children have been out of school, accounting for nearly 90% of the children who should have gone to school, almost five times more than one month ago. You.

As school closures continue to proliferate around the world, UNESCO has begun to work with U.S. IT companies to develop software to support home-based learning to secure children's learning opportunities.

On the other hand, there is no specific policy for children who do not understand English or other major languages ​​or do not have an Internet environment.