Despite commendable efforts by many countries to put in place alternative remote learning strategies and corrective measures, learning losses have been unavoidable and substantial. Sri Lankan schools have been largely dysfunctional for over 15 months since initial closures in March 2020, despite some brief periods of operation. This blog examines policy responses adopted in Sri Lanka’s education sector over the past year, with a view of informing its future education recovery strategy in 2021 and beyond. Areas for urgent actionThe above discussion suggests that both emergency and recovery measures adopted in Sri Lanka during Covid-19 school closures have worsened existing education inequities. (Ashani Abayasekara is a Research Economist at the IPS with research interests in labour economics, economics of education, development economics, and microeconometrics.

Source: The Nation June 12, 2021 22:52 UTC