How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Education Inequality?

As a result of the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19 pandemic), elementary, junior high and senior high schools in various regions across Japan were temporarily closed in March 2020 and thereafter. Many schools were unable to make sufficient preparations for the temporary closure, and as a result, the education of the children was largely left to families. As home learning depends significantly on the family environment, education inequality may have increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected inequality in child education based on an independent online questionnaire survey of 2,000 parents with children in elementary to senior high schools immediately after the state of emergency declaration was lifted nationwide (June 8 to 12, 2020).

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