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UNICEF AND MICROSOFT LAUNCH GLOBAL LEARNING PLATFORM TO HELP ADDRESS COVID-19
EDUCATION CRISIS
April 19, 2020 | Microsoft News Center
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AS SCHOOL CLOSURES IN MORE THAN 190 COUNTRIES FORCE OVER 1.57 BILLION STUDENTS
FROM THEIR CLASSROOMS, THE LEARNING PASSPORT AIMS TO KEEP CHILDREN LEARNING
A girl smiles and presents a mobile app.
NEW YORK, 20 April 2020 – UNICEF and Microsoft Corp. today announced the
expansion of a global learning platform to help children and youth affected by
COVID-19 continue their education at home.
The Learning Passport started off as a partnership between UNICEF, Microsoft and
the University of Cambridge, and its departments Cambridge University Press and
Cambridge Assessment, designed to provide education for displaced and refugee
children through a digital remote learning platform. It has now undergone rapid
expansion to facilitate country-level curriculum for children and youth whose
schools have been forced to close due to COVID-19. The platform will also
provide key resources to teachers and educators.
“From school closures, to isolation, to a persistent sense of fear and anxiety,
the effects of this pandemic are impacting childhoods worldwide,” said Henrietta
Fore, UNICEF Executive Director. “We need to come together and explore every
avenue to keep children learning and help them through this difficult time. With
long-term partners like Microsoft, we are able to swiftly deploy innovative,
scalable solutions for children and youth. The adaptations made to the Learning
Passport are a powerful reminder of what we can achieve together for children as
the crisis deepens globally.”
According to the latest available data from UNESCO, 1.57 billion students have
been affected by school closures in more than 190 countries worldwide.[1]
The Learning Passport, which has been in development for the past 18 months, was
due to start as a pilot program this year. When the global pandemic hit and
schools were closed worldwide, the program underwent rapid expansion of its
reach. Now all countries with a curriculum capable of being taught online will
be able to facilitate online learning for children and youth with devices at
home.
Kosovo, Timor-Leste and Ukraine – which have closed their school gates in the
past weeks to help halt transmission of the virus – are the first to roll out
their online curriculum through the Learning Passport. The content available to
schoolchildren includes online books, videos and additional support for parents
of children with learning disabilities.
“Just as COVID-19’s impact has no borders, its solutions must not have borders,
as it requires the collaboration across public and private sectors to ensure
every student stays engaged and continues learning,” said Brad Smith, president
of Microsoft. “UNICEF’s Learning Passport is uniquely positioned as a scalable
learning solution to bridge the digital learning gap for millions of students to
bring their classroom into their home during the pandemic.”
Children and young people continuing their education online can do so through a
country-specific platform, accessed via their country’s
learningpassport.unicef.org page. The platform for each country provides a
digitized curriculum with textbooks and a selection of supplemental content, in
national languages, that is jointly curated at country-level to best serve
learners’ and educators’ specific needs. The Learning Passport captures a record
of the curriculum subjects each student learns and guides learners with little
additional support needed.
The Learning Passport is an example of how UNICEF partners with business – based
on a shared-value approach, where producing social value and addressing its
challenges also makes perfect business sense.
The Learning Passport is part of the Generation Unlimited Global Breakthrough on
Remote Learning and Work that aims to use technology to address challenges faced
by learners, facilitators and education providers, particularly in
conflict-affected and humanitarian contexts. Generation Unlimited is a global
multi-sector partnership to meet the urgent need for expanded education,
training and employment opportunities for young people.
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Notes to editors:
All references to Kosovo shall be understood in the context of UN Security
Council Resolution 1244 (1999).
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era
of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every
person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
About Generation Unlimited
Generation Unlimited is global partnership working to prepare young people to
become productive and engaged citizens. It connects secondary-age education and
training to employment and entrepreneurship, empowering every young person to
thrive in the world of work.
About UNICEF
UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most
disadvantaged children. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every
child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone. For more information
about UNICEF and its work for children, visit www.unicef.org. Follow us on
Twitter and Facebook.
UNICEF does not endorse any company, brand, product or service.
[1] https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse
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