Imagine living in a place where school fails to resume after summer break. Would you miss it? Would you find a way to read, write, and learn without the influence of your teachers?
In Sierra Leone, classes never resumed last summer due to the Ebola outbreak. Roughly a million students have not returned to class. After roughly a month out of school, the government of Sierra Leone partnered with UNICEF to offer radio education programs to all the students missing school. Younger students tune in during the morning and older students tune in during the afternoon. Initially, about 20% of the children tuned in but the rates have risen to over 50%. The government does hope that the schools will be reopened by March 30th but for those who have tuned in, they may have avoided any loss in their academics.
Would you tune in? Why? Why not?
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