Source: World Teachers’ Day 2021 Fact Sheet, p.8 Globally 40% of countries trained three quarters or more of teachers on distance learning methods including various forms of ICT in 2020, ranging from 65% of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to just 8% in sub-Saharan Africa. Source: World Teachers’ Day 2021 Fact Sheet, p.7 Content for remote learning was provided to teachers by 58% of all countries ranging from 81% in Europe and Northern America to just 29% in sub-Saharan Africa.Source: World Teachers’ Day 2021 Fact Sheet, p.1 Globally, 72% of countries (146 of 204) have included teachers in one of several priority groups to be vaccinated. COVID-19 education grants have provided over $35 million across GPE partner countries to help teachers adapt to new distance learning methods.On March 25, 2020, GPE provided US$8.8 million to UNICEF to kickstart education systems’ response to COVID-19 in 87 lower-income countries.On April 1 st 2020, just three weeks after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, GPE unlocked US$250 million to help 67 lower-income countries mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on education.More than 80% of the 66 accelerated grants to help countries respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 included initiatives that targeted children with disabilities to ensure learning continuity.
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