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With 200 Million Kids Out of School, Coronavirus is Putting Online Learning to Test

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We are living in unprecedented times that our kids will learn about in their history classes. These times threaten global socio-economic development, and since the main positive driver of socio-economic development is education – it is the most affected. With almost 200 million students out of school, the COVID-19 is stalling the progress of societies around the world, in terms of education and technological development. Many administration, governments, and different NGOs have proposed alternative methods for learning, but these methods are clumsy and ineffective. Several technical reasons are obstructing the way for a proper online educational system, as we are nearly not as prepared for what has come our way. The global educational crisis is nothing new to us, according to many international studies and a report published by the world bank, the percentage of the children who could not read and understand is sitting at 55% - these numbers are before the incumbent times, the times in