1 EARLY OPENING OF SCHOOLS IN URUGUAY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. EARLY OPENING OF SCHOOLS IN URUGUAY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC OVERVIEW AND LESSONS LEARNT Early opening of schools in Uruguay during the Covid-19 pandemic. Overview and lessons learnt United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF Uruguay Authors: Anahí Alarcón, Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay [Uruguayan Information and Research Centre] (CIESU) Gustavo Mendez, CIESU Coordinated by UNICEF: Dario Fuletti, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Julia Perez, Education Officer CIESU/UNICEF partnership Copy editor: Maria Cristina Dutto Design and layout: harto_estudio First edition: September 2020 Cover photo: © UNICEF-UY/2020/Alva Cover photo and other images used in this report were taken in School n.º 73 of San Pedro, Colonia, a few days after face-to-face classes resumed. UNICEF Uruguay Bulevar Artigas 1659, 12 Floor Montevideo, Uruguay Phone. (598 2) 403 0308 E-mail:
[email protected] CONTENTS List of Abbreviations and Acronyms .................................................................... 4 Foreword ............................................................................................................. 5 Executive summary ............................................................................................. 6 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 8 I. General description .........................................................................................