“When schools reopen in the aftermath of a crisis, we cannot assume that students will return just because the school gates are open. Many children will face difficult and demanding circumstances that work against their re-entry to school. Targeted back-to-school interventions help ensure children return to school, especially if they prioritise those hardest to reach.”

“Backed by the findings of a new report, UNICEF is now urging governments to introduce or expand their own child benefit programs — and to make them universal and unconditional.”

Read this UNICEF news report by Maryanne Buechner (2020, June 24).