Closing schools doesn’t only affect children’s education, it affects their health and social lives too. These effects need to be considered when you plan your remote learning programme.
For example, this World Food Programme map shows how COVID-19 has disrupted school feeding programmes across the world, putting children at risk of hunger or starvation.
Students may also be at risk of domestic abuse or being forced to work. Rates of truancy and teenage pregnancy may rise, as will mental health problems. Depending upon the culture, girls, women or boys might be less encouraged to engage with education at home.
All these things need to be understood so that you can take account of the difficult and changing circumstances of your users.