14. 这场大流行病最严重的影响之一是全球学校教育几近瓦解。2020 年初检疫隔离措施最严格的时候，多达 15.2 亿儿童和青年无法到校上课，占大中小学学生人数的 87%。38 学校不仅是学术学习和职业准备的场所，还发挥着核心的社会化作用。39 学校还是高收入和低收入国家贫困儿童的重要安全区和营养中心，而且“教育持续中断可能导致童工、童婚现象增加”。40 虽然数字技术为学习
14. One of the greatest effects of the pandemic has been the near collapse of schooling across the globe. At the height of quarantine measures in early 2020, up to 1.52 billion children and young people, representing 87 per cent of the population attending school and college, were out of class.38 Not only do schools constitute places for academic learning and professional preparation, they also play central socialization roles.39 They are also important safe zones and feeding centres for deprived children in high- and low-income countries, and the “sustained disruption of education … could lead to a rise in child labour and child marriage”.