Learning Loss in Central Asia

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00:04 The term learning loss is commonly used to

00:06 describe declines in student knowledge and skills.

00:10 It could also refer to reversals in academic progress,

00:14 most commonly due to extended gaps or

00:16 just discontinuities in a student's education.

00:20 In the context of COVID-19,

00:22 school closures led to forgetting and foregoing knowledge.

00:25 Because

00:26 these losses will translate into greater

00:29 long term impacts

00:31 they threatened decades of progress in getting all children

00:33 enrolled into school and to recent efforts to improve quality

00:38 learning loss is important because it implies

00:41 a decrease in human capital and we know that

00:43 lower levels of human capital

00:46 are associated with lower future earnings lower earnings are associated with

00:51 higher levels of poverty and therefore economic growth will suffer.

00:56 The World Bank estimates

00:58 that

00:59 school closures will lead to student

01:02 earnings losses in the amount of $17 trillion

01:06 in annual terms that's 0.8% of GDP.

01:11 The World Bank can help Central Asian

01:13 countries to implement learning recovery programs.

01:16 It's imperative that we measure learning loss that we support teachers

01:21 and schools with the resources they need to address learning needs.

01:25 The bank can also help countries to make their education systems more resilient

01:29 and prepare for future shocks by

01:31 developing the online distance education systems.

01:34 Most importantly,

01:35 before doing any of these things,

01:37 countries must measure learning outcomes,

01:39 and the bank can help here too.

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The term learning loss is commonly used to describe declines in student knowledge and skills. It could also refer to reversals in academic progress, most commonly due to extended gaps or just discontinuities in a student's education. In the context of COVID-19, school closures led to forgetting and foregoing knowledge. Because these losses will translate into greater long term impacts they threatened decades of progress in getting all children enrolled into school and to recent efforts to improve quality learning loss is important because it implies a decrease in human capital and we know that lower levels of human capital are associated with lower future earnings lower earnings are associated with higher levels of poverty and therefore economic growth will suffer. The World Bank estimates that school closures will lead to student earnings losses in the amount of $17 trillion in annual terms that's 0.8% of GDP. The World Bank can help Central Asian countries to implement learning recovery programs. It's imperative that we measure learning loss that we support teachers and schools with the resources they need to address learning needs. The bank can also help countries to make their education systems more resilient and prepare for future shocks by developing the online distance education systems. Most importantly, before doing any of these things, countries must measure learning outcomes, and the bank can help here too.

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