Africa Educates Her Campaign - Angola. Season 3. Don't Miss Out! Webisode 35

 Our girls back to school campaign is ongoing. Day 35

Today we invited Rosália, she will share with us the challenges she faces during the time of covid-19 pandemic.

Honestly, the coronavirus did not have a good impact on my studies.

Hello, my name is Rosaria Sebastiao, I am 15 years old, I study in the 9th grade and I will talk about the impact that Covid-19 had on me.

Rosaria How did the covid-19 affect you?

Covid-19 affected me in several ways because before the pandemic we had few classes and then the exams came, we had to write two exams simultaneously and with few classes it didn't work out, the result of the exams did not approve of my expectations. Honestly, the coronavirus did not have a good impact on my studies.

When did you stop studying since the beginning of the pandemic and when did you return to school?

We stopped studying in March and resumed in October last year.

Has anything changed at school in the meantime? What did you notice?

Sincerely the school conditions only got worse. We have few biosafety materials, it seems that people do not understand the real impact of this disease - many people are not preventing each other. We still see people embracing others some people violate the rules of social distance. In general, there is no security at school.

How have the teachers behaved?

Some teachers really understand the impact of this disease and prevent themselves as well as encourage students to prevent themselves. Other teachers do the opposite disrespect the prevention rules against covid-19 and do not encourage students to follow these same rules.

Have you been following the preventive measures against the coronavirus?

Individually I have been following.

Are you afraid of the coronavirus?

I believe that everyone is afraid, we know that this disease is fatal and leads to death.

So what are the preventive measures against the coronavirus that you follow?

Constant hand washing, disinfect them, maintain social distance between people. Basically, this is what we have been doing daily.

Disruptions to students ’academic years can have extreme consequences. Just three months of missed schooling can result in 1.5 years of learning loss years later. This is the impact COVID-19 is having on school-aged boys and girls across the globe.

Unfortunately, for girls, the impact of education loss during and even after COVID-19 closures is even greater.

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