European Proceedings Logo

Impact Of The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic On Education

Table 1: Pandemic chronology in education

Period Event
December 2019 A previously unknown virus was confirmed.
January 2020 Educational institutions were closed in China.
March 2020 Educational institutions gradually closed worldwide and shifted to distance learning.
April-May 2020 1.725 billion students (99% of the world’s student cohort) did not attend school. Distance learning.
September 2020 1.077 billion students were out of school. Some educational institutions opened in-person classes.
October 2020 till now Most educational institutions continued with distance learning.
< Back to article

We care about your privacy

We use cookies or similar technologies to access personal data, including page visits and your IP address. We use this information about you, your devices and your online interactions with us to provide, analyse and improve our services. This may include personalising content or advertising for you. You can find out more in our privacy policy and cookie policy and manage the choices available to you at any time by going to ‘Privacy settings’ at the bottom of any page.

Manage My Preferences

You have control over your personal data. For more detailed information about your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.

Third-party advertising and social media cookies are used to
(1) deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests;
(2) limit the number of times you see an advertisement;
(3) help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign; and
(4) understand people’s behavior after they view an advertisement.
They remember that you have visited a site and quite often they will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.