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More than 850 million students worldwide not at school: UNESCO

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Calling it an “unprecedented challenge” for education, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has said that schools had been closed in 102 countries, with partial closures in 11 more — and there would be more closures.

An aerial picture taken on March 18, 2020 in Helsinki shows the courtyard of Jätkäsaari primary school, that remains empty as all public schools are closed to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. — AFP
An aerial picture taken on March 18, 2020 in Helsinki shows the courtyard of Jätkäsaari primary school, that remains empty as all public schools are closed to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. — AFP

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