Comparative analysis of distance education and digitalization in Kyrgyzstan Mongolia and Tajikistan

The COVID-19 pandemic caused huge upheavals in the world’s education systems. School closures and the rapid shift to distance learning affected nearly 1.6 billion students in more than 190 countries. This translates to 94% of the world’s student population and almost 100% in low- and lower-middle income countries. In Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Tajikistan, the pandemic further exposed existing problems in the school systems, principally relating to the state of material and technical equipment, level of teacher training and preparation, and unequal distribution of resources.