Ubhubhani we-COVID-19 ube nefuthe elibi kwezemfundo, waveza ingxubakaxaka ebisele ibangela inkxalabo ebanzi ngaphambi kokusasazeka kwale ntsholongwane. URobert Jenkins, uMlawuli wezeMfundo kwiNgxowa-mali yaBantwana yeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, iUNICEF, uhlaba ikhwelo lokuba kwenziwe inguqulelo ekufundeni, phakathi kwezilumkiso zokuba le nkqubo ikhoyo iyasilela kwizigidi zabantu.
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UMnu Jenkins uthethe noConor Lennon ovela kwi-UN News phambi kwalo nyaka Usuku lweMfundo lwaMazwe ngaMazwe, iphawulwe ngowama-24 kuJanuwari. Uqale ngokuchaza ezinye zeziphumo ubhubhane unazo kubafundi kwihlabathi liphela.
URobert Jenkins: Kubalulekile ukuba sizikhumbuze ukuba sisenengxaki malunga nobungakanani bokuvalwa kwezikolo nokuvalwa kwezikolo ngokuyinxenye. Bangaphezulu kwe-635 yezigidi zabafundi abasachatshazelwa kukuvalwa kwezikolo ngokupheleleyo okanye ngokuyinxenye okwangoku, ngoko ke asiphumi koku, ngokwencoko malunga nokubaluleka kokuphinda kuvulwe izikolo.
Sikhathazeke kakhulu, njengoko kusanda kuvela idatha, yempembelelo engalinganiyo yokuvalwa kwezikolo, malunga nelahleko yokufunda, kubantwana abahlelelekileyo.
Phambi kobhubhane, iipesenti ezingama-53 zabantwana abaneminyaka eli-10 ubudala abahlala kumazwe anengeniso ephantsi kunye nephakathi bebengakwazi ukufunda ngokwaneleyo okanye ngokufanelekileyo kwaye bengafikeleli kweyona migangatho isezantsi yokufunda nokubhala kunye nokubala. Oko kuqikelelwa ukuba kunyuka ukuya kuthi ga kwi-70 pesenti.
Leyo yi-70 pesenti yabantwana abaneminyaka eli-10 ubudala abakwazi ukufunda okanye ukuqonda isicatshulwa esilula, kunye nabantwana abahlala kumazwe aneziphumo ezibi zokufunda phambi kobhubhane bathande ukuba izikolo zabo zivaliwe ixesha elide.
Abo bahlelelekileyo nabo babenofikelelo oluncinane kwimfundo ekude, kuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba banqabile ukuba bahlale kwindawo apho kufundiswa khona imfundo ekude, okanye bangakwazi ukufikelela kwisixhobo, okanye unomathotholo okanye umabonakude.
© UNICEF/Srikanth KolariAbantwana baziqhelanisa nokunxibelelana nabanye ngexesha leklasi eIndiya.
Iindaba ze-UN: Uthini kubazali nootitshala abaxhalabileyo ukuba, abantwana abafane bagonywe kunabantu abadala, izikolo ziyindawo yokuzala Covid-19?
URobert Jenkins: Ukuvalwa kwezikolo kunempembelelo enkulu ebantwaneni. Njengoko benditshilo, kukho ilahleko yokufunda, kodwa nangezinye iindlela, ngokweemfuno zabo ngokwasengqondweni, ezempilo, ngokomzimba kunye nezondlo. Abasenako ukufikelela kwisidlo sasemini okanye enye inkxaso abayifumana esikolweni.
Ubungqina ukuza kuthi ga ngoku bubonisa ukuba ukufunda nomntu ngamnye esikolweni akubonakali njengoyena mqhubi uphambili wosulelo lwe-COVID-19 eluntwini., kunye namanyathelo okunciphisa umngcipheko ezikolweni angqineke esebenza kakhulu.
Amanyathelo alungileyo abandakanya ukuphuculwa kokungena komoya, ukukhuthaza ukwahlukana ngokwasemzimbeni, ukuya kude ekuhlaleni, ukunxiba imaski kwiimeko ezithile, kunye nokuhlamba izandla. Amanyathelo okunciphisa umngcipheko ayasebenza, kwaye kwiimeko ezininzi abonisa ukuba ngenene izikolo zezona ndawo zikhuselekileyo kubantwana.
Eyona nto ibalulekileyo luthethathethwano. Kufuneka kubekho unxibelelwano oluphumelelayo nabazali. Kufuneka kubekho ingxoxo, kwaye ubungqina bufuna ukwabelwana. Ootitshala kufuneka bafumane inkxaso ukuze bakwazi ukuvula kwakhona kwaye bancede abantwana, kwaye baziqhelanise neendlela zokunciphisa umngcipheko ezikolweni.
© UNICEF/Frank DejonghAbantwana bafunda ngeetablet neekhompyutha kwisikolo esiseYaoundé, eCameroon.
Iindaba ze-UN: Uninzi lwemiba oyikhankanyileyo, njengokujongelwa phantsi kwabantwana abahlelelekileyo kunye nokungalingani, yayikhona ngaphambi kobhubhane, othe wandisa uninzi lwezi ngxaki. Ezinye iingcali zemfundo zicinga ukuba le ngxaki inokuba lithuba lokuguqula inkqubo yemfundo ehlabathini lonke ibe ngcono. Ngaba ucinga ukuba oko kusengqiqweni?
URobert Jenkins: Ndibone imizekelo ekhuthazayo yamazwe azisa izinto ezintsha, eziziswa kwinkqubo yesikolo, kunye ISierra Leone ingumzekelo obalaseleyo yaloo nto. Kodwa mininzi eminye imizekelo yamazwe amkela ukufunda okudityanisiweyo kunye neendlela zokufunda zedijithali, ngenkxaso yabantwana abahlelelekileyo ngelixa izikolo zivaliwe.
Ngelishwa, le mizekelo yenguqu, kunye notshintsho olukhawulezileyo olwaludlulelwe lixesha ngaphambi kwentlekele, ayenzeki kuyo yonke indawo, kwaye iya kuba lithuba elikhulu, eliphosiweyo ukuba izikolo zivulwe kwakhona kwaye sibuyela kanye apho sasikhona kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo, kodwa ngabantwana ngoku nangakumbi.
Iindaba ze-UN: Ngayo yonke loo nto engqondweni. Uthini umyalezo wakho koorhulumente nakubaphathiswa bezempilo ngoSuku lweMfundo lweHlabathi lwalo nyaka?
URobert Jenkins: Ukubaluleka kokubeka phambili ukuvulwa kwezikolo, ukuze abantwana abahlelelekileyo bakwazi ukubuyela kuhambo lwabo lokufunda. Masisebenzise lo mzuzu ukuguqula nokujongana nemiba yemfundo ekudala ikho.https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1201195156&show_artwork=true
