ArticleInternational journal of educational development2022
Returning to school after COVID-19 closures: Who is missing in Malawi?
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- The thought that i could continue with school got lost: a qualitative exploration of the impact of COVID-19 on the education and sexual and reproductive health of Malawi youth.Reproductive health · 2025Article
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- Increased reproductive tract infections among secondary school girls during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with pandemic-related stress, mental health, and domestic safety.Sexual medicine · 2024Article
- Cohort profile: the Adverse Childhood Experiences cohort of the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health.BMJ open · 2024Article
- The downstream effects of COVID-19 on adolescent girls in the Peruvian Amazon: qualitative findings on how the pandemic affected education and reproductive health.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on school attendance in South Africa. Analysis of sociodemographic characteristics of learners.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Increased reproductive tract infections among secondary school girls during the COVID-19 pandemic: associations with pandemic related stress, mental health, and domestic safety.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Adolescent school retention post COVID-19 school closures in Kenya: A mixed-methods study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Systems thinking on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2023Review
- Participation of young women in sexual and reproductive health decision-making in Malawi: Local realities versus global rhetoric.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost all countries implemented school closures to prevent disease transmission. However, prolonged closures can put children at risk of leaving school permanently, a decision that can reduce their long-term potential and income. This study investigated the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic and associated school closures reduced school attendance in Malawi, a low-income African country. We used longitudinal data from a cohort of adolescents interviewed before (2017/18; at age 10-16) and after (2021; at age 13-20) the pandemic school closures. Of those students who had been attending school prior to school closures, we find that 86% returned when schools re-opened. Dropouts were more pronounced among older girls: over 30% of those aged 17-19 did not return to school. This resulted in further lowering the gender parity index to the greater disadvantage of girls. We also found that students already lagging behind in school were more likely to dropout. Thus, our data suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified gender inequalities in schooling, at least partially erasing recent progress towards inclusive education. Urgent investments are needed to find and re-enroll lost students now, and to create more resilient and adaptable educational systems before the next pandemic or other negative shock arrives.
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