EDUCATION
The Impact of Blended Learning 18 Months On By Laura Powell-Corbett
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he effects of the pandemic on education have been far-reaching for all ages. With education being interrupted globally—affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 200 countries—it is still unknown what effect the last 18 months has had on children's learning. 16
*Names have been changed to protect confidentiality. In Qatar, schools shut their doors on 10 March 2020, reopening on a blended learning basis the following September for the 2020/2021 school year. What followed months later was another lockdown, quarantines, and another round of blended learning. This uncertainty around whether children will or won't be in school and the lack of consistency has affected children to various degrees. Add to that the changing goalposts as the country battled to get the pandemic under control, and it's easy to see that the world they knew was snatched from underneath their feet.
