Subhead:Students under the age of 18 were behind approximately 70% of a school year in math and 30% in reading.#
Canadian youth continue to reel from the pandemic, amid declining academic performance and mental health, revealed a new study.
Students under the age of 18 were behind approximately 70% of a school year in math and 30% in reading, according to a major international assessment presented by Louis Volante, an education professor at Brock University.
The first post-lockdown school year (2022) saw decreased academic performance globally, according to the OECD study. Some 23,000 Canadian students were studied to measure the pandemic’s effect on their education.
A separate but related 2023 study found that the government disregarded the psychological effects of social isolation during the pandemic, and one-third of Canadians felt pressured to obey public health orders.
