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According to a new global report, the growing heat and heatwaves around the world are not only affecting health, but it is also having a serious impact on children’s education. The report claims that children who are falling in the grip of excessive heat and heatwave Can lose school education up to 1.5 yearsThe report has been published in the partnership of University of Saskatchewan, UNESCO and GEM -Mecce Team.

Heatwave has a direct impact on education

The report stated that “acute heatwave” – that is, the situation when the temperature is higher than the average of two standard deviation – children’s learning ability and school appearance severely affect. Its effect is not only limited to the present time, but can affect the entire educational life of children.

Due to the heat, the attendance in schools decreases, the performance in the examination weakens and the continuity of studies is interrupted. In some US researches, it was found that the students’ examination results declined by up to 1% when the temperature rises by 1 ° C in schools where there was no air conditioning facility. Also, racial and social inequalities and more depth.

Crisis deepened in developing countries

According to the report, almost 33 countriesIn which close 10 million children liveHigh climate falls under the category of risk countries. The education system in these countries is already struggling with lack of resources and now climate change is spoiling it further. Countries of South Asia, Sub-Sahara Africa and Latin America are the most affected by this effect.

Almost every year in Bangladesh, Brazil and some African countries 1% Learning Lack It is found, which is directly associated with climate factors.

School preparations and policy changes need

The report emphasizes that governments and education systems will now have to change their policies keeping in mind climate change. There is an immediate need for arrangements like better infrastructure, heat tolerant construction, disaster management plans and hutwave alert systems in schools.

When there was a flood situation in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, the schools there responded positively by adopting Standard Operating Procedure (SOPS). 81% of schools said that their preparations were effective.