The impact of COVID-19 on inclusive education for children from marginal groups in Bangladesh during school closures and school re-openings: perspective, challenges and way forward.

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The elimination of inequality is an important factor in achieving equity and inclusion that can be achieved through the implementation of inclusive education. It is safe to say that students, teachers, officials, and parents do not have this practice because of the closure of schools during COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, the longtime school closure has posed a serious challenge to the inclusive education agenda. On the one hand, COVID-19 is harming marginalized people socio-economically, on the other hand, it is creating learning gaps for children from marginal groups, which is changing the children’s mental and well-being environment. This following discussion describes the reason of marginalization and the impact of marginalization on learning outcomes of students during school closures. This study will show the initiatives of the country to address the different needs of children from marginal groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study will investigate how much damage is being done to the marginalized population due to during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the negative impact of it has on the well-being of children. This study looks at how the learning gap that has been created since school has been closed for so long can be filled; At the same time, after the reopening of the school, it will discuss how to create a safe and balanced learning environment by bringing back children from marginal groups who have been out of school for a long time. In addition, this following discussion describes the challenges of inclusive education these are present barricades for marginalized students during school closures and school re-openings in primary education. This study investigates the impact of the ongoing offline and online activities in primary schools in Bangladesh that is the focusing issue of inclusion for children from marginal groups during school closures. This study may help educational professionals to promote inclusive education during covid-19 pandemic situation and they can make a recovery plan for the school re-openings emphasizing inclusive education for children from marginal groups.

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