Last month, schools across the country reopened their doors to allow students in the final years of primary and secondary school to take their exams. This is what it looked like.
The return to school has be an important and welcome step after months of remote learning. At the height of lockdowns, COVID-19 forced countless schools across the globe to close their doors, affecting nearly 1.5 billion children. This can have a severe impact on a child’s ability to learn – the longer they are out of school, the less likely they are to return.
"When I imagined missing this school year,
I was very sad.”
- Charlène, a student at Esengo High School in Equateur province, DRC