“This situation has made one thing very clear—We won’t be going back. Through this situation, we might be able to learn how to cater to much more diverse learner needs and be able to reduce the inequality that exists in regular schooling.

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By Andreas Schleicher, the Division Head and coordinator of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the OECD Indicators of Education Systems programme (INES)