Over the past months, we have learned that COVID-19 is more than a health crisis. The pandemic has disrupted our regular way of life and is changing how we interact with one another. For many young children, the pandemic has raised significant barriers to accessing education.
For Sweta Shah, Global Lead for Early Childhood Development (ECD) at the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), there is good reason to be concerned. During AKF’s digital event, “Mind the Gap”, she noted that school closures and makeshift virtual programmes are not ideal, especially for young children.