G20 Countries Urged to Stop ‘COVID Generation’ From Being Locked Out of Classroom

(United Nations News) A group of 275 former world leaders, economists and business leaders on Wednesday, urged the G20 group of leading industrialised nations to help stop the pandemic from leaving tens of millions of children from becoming known as the “COVID generation”, denied a proper education.

Gordon Brown, the UN Special Envoy for Global Education who also served as UK Prime Minister, was one of the signatories asking G20 heads, national Governments and global financial institutions to urgently ramp up funding to “rebuild education better”.

“We cannot stand by and allow these young people to be robbed of their education and a fair chance in life”, the letter stated.

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