Catalina Espinosa
Research expert covering society, economy, and politics for Europe and the EU
Online education in Latin America – statistics & facts
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic consequences, there has been close to no aspect in people’s daily lives left unchanged. Social distancing has become a norm, and with it the need of alternative ways of connection. In the area of education this has been particularly challenging. Since in person tutoring has been avoided in many parts of the world, teachers and students have been faced with the task of finding ways of enabling distance learning. As a region which already struggled with providing all children with enough resources for an optimal learning environment, in Latin America the situation has come with its own complexities. However, if there is a constant, it is that inequalities are present and circumstances are not the same for everyone, neither within, nor between countries. Nonetheless, in many countries, such as Mexico, the online education programs designed to stop the spread of the virus have been partially or completely eliminated in 2022.
