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decline in reading skills. At the same time, it also identified the first drop in maths
performance (Garver, 2022)
Spain
As Covid-19 got worse and worse, most countries decided to close their schools and
universities. In Spain, if the non-mandatory curriculum is ignored, each week before
school corresponds to approximately 30 hours of mandatory face-to-face study, or
2.9% of the total time required for study. Schools were to replace this time with
online learning, in most cases with the assistance of teachers and parents (OECD,
n.d.)
CONCLUSION
Coronaviruses are special types of viruses, a Covid-19 is a respiratory ailment virus
which was discovered in 2019. Covid-19 had a big impact on Spain especially in
Comunidad Valenciana because it is a zone whose economy is holding on tourists.
Being more precise, British tourists typically make up 45% of Benidorm’s population,
although this figure was around 24% during the pandemic. In percentage, Spain was
better at dealing with Coronavirus from all the cases 99.1% recovered, meaning a
slim percentage of deceases. However, in the USA from all the cases 98.9%
recovered and others died.
Spain took a lot of measures to stop the spreading of the pandemic like closing
schools and starting working online, but it still has affected the economy and
education of Spain and USA.
In 2020, the GDP of Spain dropped by 10.8% and this was the most serious
recession in 80 years, and the worst in Europe. The special assessment was a
nationally representative of 9 year old students from school in the USA. Between
2019 and the first months of 2022, the country saw its sharpest decline in reading
skills. At the same time, it also identified the first drop in maths performance.
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