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A Lesson In Contrasts: The COVID Gap In Pakistan's Schools


A Lesson In Contrasts: The COVID Gap In Pakistan's Schools
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There is a marked contrast in how Pakistan's private and state schools are implementing government measures to fight the coronavirus. While staff equipped with protective gear at elite private schools in the capital, Islamabad, can screen students with thermometers and disinfect their bags, state schools in impoverished rural regions struggle to enforce COVID-19 health guidelines.

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