en-us	We are living amidst what is potentially one of the greatest threats in our lifetime to global education, a gigantic educational crisis. 
zh-cn	我们正在经历有可能是一生中遇到的全球教育面临的最大威胁之一，一场巨大的教育危机。 

en-us	As of March 28, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing more than 1.6 billion children and youth to be out of school in 161 countries. This is close to 80% of the world’s enrolled students.  
zh-cn	截至2020年3月28日，新冠疫情已造成161个国家逾16亿儿童和青少年无法上学，接近全球入学儿童总数的80%。

en-us	We were already experiencing a global leaning crisis, as many students were in school, but were not learning the fundamental skills needed for life.  
zh-cn	我们已经经历了一场全球学习危机，即，很多学生虽然上学却没有学到生活所需的基本技能。 

en-us	The World Bank’s “Learning Poverty” indicator – the % of children who cannot read and understand at age 10 – stood at 53% of children in low- and middle-income countries – before the outbreak started.  
zh-cn	世界银行的“学习贫困”指数，即，没有阅读和理解能力的10岁儿童比例，在疫情发生前占低收入国家和中等收入国家儿童总数的53%。 

en-us	This pandemic has the potential to worsen these outcomes even more if we do not act fast. 
zh-cn	如果我们不快速行动起来，这场大流行有可能使情况进一步恶化。 

en-us	What should we be worried about in this phase of the crisis that might have an immediate impact on children and youth?  
zh-cn	在有可能对儿童和青少年产生直接影响的这场危机的目前阶段，我们应该担心什么呢？ 

en-us	(1) Losses in learning . 
zh-cn	1. 学习损失。 

en-us	(2) Increased dropout rates . 
zh-cn	2.辍学率上升。 

en-us	(3) Children missing their most important meal of the day.  
zh-cn	3.儿童失去他们一天当中最重要的一顿饭。 

en-us	Moreover, most countries have very unequal education systems, and these negative impacts will be felt disproportionately by poor children. 
zh-cn	此外，大多数国家的教育制度很不均等，贫困儿童受到的负面影响会更大。 

en-us	When it rains, it pours for them. 
zh-cn	屋漏偏逢连阴雨。 

en-us	Learning. 
zh-cn	学习。

en-us	Starting the school year late or interrupting it (depending on if they live in the southern or northern hemisphere) completely disrupts the lives of many children, their parents, and teachers. 
zh-cn	推迟开学日期或中断学习（取决于是南半球还是北半球）完全打乱了许多儿童、家长和教师的生活。

en-us	A lot can be done to at least reduce the impact through remote learning strategies. 
zh-cn	通过远程学习策略大有可为，至少可以减轻影响。

en-us	Richer countries are better prepared to move to online learning strategies, although with a lot of effort and challenges for teachers and parents. 
zh-cn	发达国家对转移到线上学习准备更充分，但教师和家长需要做出很大努力且面临诸多挑战。

en-us	In middle-income and poorer countries, the situation is very mixed and if we do not act appropriately, the vast inequality of opportunities that exists – egregious and unacceptable to start with – will be amplified. 
zh-cn	在中等收入国家和贫困国家，形势喜忧参半，如果我们不采取适当措施，广泛存在的机会不均现象将会进一步加剧。

en-us	Many children do not have a desk, books, internet connectivity, a laptop at home, or supportive parents. 
zh-cn	很多儿童没有书桌、课本、互联网接入，家里没有笔记本电脑，或者家长不支持。

en-us	Others do. 
zh-cn	其他儿童拥有这些条件。

en-us	What we need to avoid – or minimize as much as possible – is for those differences in opportunities to expand and cause the crisis to have an even larger negative effect on poor children’s learning. 
zh-cn	我们需要避免或者尽可能减少这种机会不均现象进一步扩大，使得危机对贫困儿童的学习产生更大的负面影响。 

en-us	Fortunately, we are seeing a lot of creativity in many countries. 
zh-cn	令人欣慰的是，我们看到很多国家充分发挥创造力。

en-us	Rightly so, many ministries of education are worried that relying exclusively on online strategies will imply reaching only children from better-off families. 
zh-cn	的确，很多教育部长都担心完全依靠网上教学意味着只能惠及比较富裕的家庭。

en-us	The appropriate strategy in most countries is to use all possible delivery modes with the infrastructure that exists today. 
zh-cn	在大多数国家，适当的策略是根据目前现有的基础设施利用一切可能利用的教学模式。

en-us	Use online tools to assure that lesson plans, videos, tutorials, and other resources are available for some students and probably, most teachers. But also, podcasts and other resources that require less data usage. 
zh-cn	利用线上工具确保一部分学生和或许大部分教师能够获得课程计划、视频、辅导材料和其他资源，另外还有播客和其他使用数据较少的资源。

en-us	Working with telecommunication companies to apply zero-rate policies can also facilitate learning material to be downloaded on a smartphone, which more students are likely to have. 
zh-cn	与电信公司合作采用零费率政策，也便于学生通过更为普及的智能手机下载学习资料。 

en-us	Radio and TV are also very powerful tools. 
zh-cn	广播和电视也是非常强大的工具。

en-us	The advantage we have today, is that through social networks, WhatsApp or SMS, ministries of education can communicate effectively with parents and teachers and provide guidelines, instructions and structure to the learning process, using content delivered by radio or TV. 
zh-cn	我们今天拥有的优势是，通过社交网络，教育部长可以与家长和教师进行有效沟通，提供学习流程指南、说明和结构，利用广播和电视提供教学内容。

en-us	Remote learning is not only about online learning, but about mixed media learning, with the objective of reaching as many students as possible, today. 
zh-cn	如今的远程学习不仅仅是线上学习，也是混合媒体学习，目标是惠及更可能多的学生。 

en-us	Staying engaged. 
zh-cn	保持参与。

en-us	Maintaining the engagement of children, particularly young secondary school students is critical. 
zh-cn	保持学生的参与、特别是初中青年学生的参与至关重要。

en-us	Dropout rates are still very high in many countries, and a long period of disengagement can result in a further increase. 
zh-cn	很多国家辍学率仍然很高，长期缺少参与可能会导致辍学率进一步上升。

en-us	Going to school is not only about learning math and science, but also about social relationships and peer-to-peer interactions. It is about learning to be a citizen and developing social skills. 
zh-cn	去学校不仅仅是为了学习数学和科学知识，也是为了社交和同学之间的互动，是学会如何做一名公民，培养社交技能。

en-us	That is why it is important to stay connected with the school by any means necessary. 
zh-cn	这就是为什么通过任何必要手段保持同学校的联系十分重要。

en-us	For all students, this is also a time to develop socio-emotional skills and learn more about how to contribute to society as a citizen. 
zh-cn	对于全体学生来说，这也是一个培养社会情感技能和更多地学会如何作为公民为社会做贡献的时候。

en-us	The role of parents and family, which has always been extremely important, is critical in that task. 
zh-cn	家长和家庭的作用向来极为重要，对于这项任务则至关重要。

en-us	So, a lot of the help that ministries of education provide, working through mass media, should also go to parents. 
zh-cn	因此，教育部长通过大众媒体提供的大量帮助也应该面向家长。

en-us	Radio, TV, SMS messages can all be used to provide tips and advice to them on how to better support their children. 
zh-cn	可以利用广播、电视和短信就如何更好地支持子女给他们提供提示和建议。 

en-us	Meals. 
zh-cn	供餐。

en-us	In many parts of the world, school feeding programs provide children with their most nutritious meal of the day. They are essential for the cognitive development and well-being. 
zh-cn	在世界很多地区，学校供餐计划给儿童提供他们一天当中最重要的营养餐，这对于认知开发和福祉至关重要。

en-us	These programs are complex logistical and administrative endeavors.  
zh-cn	学校供餐计划是复杂的物流和管理工作，很不容易。 

en-us	It is not easy, but countries should find the way to provide those meals using the school buildings in an organized fashion, community buildings or networks, or, if needed, distribute directly to the families. 
zh-cn	但各国应设法有组织地利用学校建筑、社区建筑或网络提供学生午餐，如有必要也可以直接分发到家庭。

en-us	If delivering meals or food is not feasible logistically, cash transfer programs should be expanded or implemented to compensate the parents. 
zh-cn	如果送餐或送食物从物流上来说不可行，则应扩大或实施现金转移支付计划来补贴家长。

en-us	Planning is needed, but one has to be ready to flexibly adjust plans, as the information we have about the likely paths of the pandemic change day by day, influenced by the uncertainty around which mitigation measures countries are taking. 
zh-cn	需要有计划，但也必须随时准备灵活调整计划，因为我们了解的疫情扩散路径的信息每天都在变化，受到围绕各国采取的防控措施的不确定性所影响。

en-us	The process of reopening of schools might be gradual, as authorities will want to reduce agglomeration or the possibility of a second wave of the pandemic, which can affect some countries. 
zh-cn	学校复课的过程可能是逐步的，因为政府希望减少聚集，或者防止出现第二波疫情的可能性，可能会影响到某些国家。

en-us	In that uncertain context, it might be better to make decisions assuming a longer, rather than a shorter scenario. 
zh-cn	在这种不确定的背景下，最好依据较长时间而不是较短时间的假设情景做决策。

en-us	The good news is that many of the improvements, initiatives, and investments that school systems will have to make might have a positive long-lasting effect. 
zh-cn	好消息是学校系统必须做出的改进、举措和投资可能会产生积极的持久的效果。 

en-us	Some countries will be able to increase their teachers’ digital skills. 
zh-cn	有些国家将能够提升教师的数字技能。

en-us	Radio and TV stations will recognize their key role in supporting national education goals – and hopefully, improve the quality of their programming understanding their immense social responsibility. 
zh-cn	广播和电视将认识到他们在支持国家教育目标中所起的关键作用，有望在理解其巨大的社会责任的基础上提高节目质量。

en-us	Parents will be more involved in their children’s education process, and ministries of education will have a much clearer understanding of the gaps and challenges (in connectivity, hardware, integration of digital tools in the curriculum, teacher’s readiness) that exist in using technology effectively and act upon that. 
zh-cn	家长将更多地参与子女的教育过程，教育部长将对有效利用技术方面存在的差距和挑战（连通性、硬件、数字工具在课程中的融合、教师的准备程度等），并采取针对性措施。

en-us	All of this can strengthen the future education system in a country. 
zh-cn	所有这些都能加强国家未来的教育系统。 

en-us	The mission of all education systems is the same.  
zh-cn	所有教育系统的使命都是相同的。 