70% of 10 year olds in ‘learning poverty’
In low- and middle-income countries, learning poverty has increased by a third. An estimated 70% of 10-year-olds are una...
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In the poor, mountain regions of southern Mexico, “children can only dream of†having the internet or television access that would allow them to follow distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic.Children across the country began a new school year last month with remote learning via television, a move aimed at curbing the spread of the disease in a country that has reported 73,000 COVID-19 deaths – the fourth-highest tally in the world. The outbreak’s impact on Indigenous children’s access to education is just the latest chapter in a long history of marginalisation of the Indigenous communities of Mexico. “There are no computers, there’s no internet, there’s no television signal and the electricity goes out when it rains,†said teacher Jaime Arriaga. Arriaga’s classroom in San Miguel, where 22 children used to study, now serves as a warehouse or improvised dining room.
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Mexico’s Indigenous children struggle for education
In the poor, mountain regions of southern Mexico, “children can only dream of†having the internet or television access that would allow them to follow distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic.Children across the country began a new school year last month with remote learning via television, a move aimed at curbing the spread of the disease in a country that has reported 73,000 COVID-19 deaths – the fourth-highest tally in the world. The outbreak’s impact on Indigenous children’s access to education is just the latest chapter in a long history of marginalisation of the Indigenous communities of Mexico. “There are no computers, there’s no internet, there’s no television signal and the electricity goes out when it rains,†said teacher Jaime Arriaga. Arriaga’s classroom in San Miguel, where 22 children used to study, now serves as a warehouse or improvised dining room.
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