Identifying factors related to school closures due to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa region

Olivia G. Carr; Nadia Jilani-Hyler; Gregg R. Murray

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102560

Identifying factors related to school closures due to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa region

Olivia G. Carr, Nadia Jilani-Hyler, Gregg R. Murray

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating effects on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and MENA states have taken dramatic steps in response. This study focuses on school closures, an intervention that all MENA states adopted, some much earlier than others. It seeks to identify policy factors related to MENA governments’ decisions to close schools during the first wave of the pandemic. Results suggest external issues regarding temporal and geographic diffusion played the largest role. They also indicate that factors related to disease risk, the economy, political institutions, and women's position in society mattered as well, all of which suggest the decisions were complex.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	102560
Journal	International Journal of Educational Development
Volume	90
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2022.102560
State	Published - Apr 2022

Keywords

COVID-19
Coronavirus
Education
MENA
Pandemic
Policy diffusion
Public health
School closure

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Education
Development
Sociology and Political Science

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