924 Impact of COVID 19 on the education and health of schooling children in Sri Lanka; a multi-provincial study

AimsCOVID-19 is one of the most devastating pandemics faced by humans during the 21st century. In compliance with the global effort to control and prevent COVID -19, most schools in Sri Lanka remained closed for approximately one year. Remote learning was introduced as an alternative to school-based...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2022-08, Vol.107 (Suppl 2), p.A330-A331
Main Authors: Dayasiri, Kavinda, Thadchanamoorthy, V, Kankananarachchi, Imalke, Umasankar, Nirubaa, Dassanayake, Senuri, Gunasekara, Sonali, Mettananda, Sachith
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Language:English
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Aggression
Body weight gain
Cellular telephones
Children
Communication Skills
Computers
COVID-19
Data collection
Distance Education
Distance learning
Education
Electronic Learning
Frustration
Life Style
Pandemics
Parents
Pediatrics
School Closing
School closures
Schools
Secondary Schools
Sexual assault
Time management
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Summary:AimsCOVID-19 is one of the most devastating pandemics faced by humans during the 21st century. In compliance with the global effort to control and prevent COVID -19, most schools in Sri Lanka remained closed for approximately one year. Remote learning was introduced as an alternative to school-based education; however, the facilities for remote learning were not be available to many children. The aim of the current study was to assess the impact of extended school closure on the education and health of schooling children in four selected provinces in Sri Lanka.MethodsThis prospective multi-provincial observational cross- sectional study was conducted among children living in Western, Southern, Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. All children who were between the ages of 8 and 14 years and who had been schooling on regular basis before extended school closure were recruited by randomised sampling. Required sample size for the study was 608 (Power- 0.8, Significance- p
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2022-rcpch.535