Initiatives by the Grupo Anaya Education division to support continuity of learning during lockdown
CARLOS MARCHENA GONZÁLEZ
Head of the Education division, Grupo Anaya
The Covid-19 pandemic constituted an unprecedented shock for education systems and gave rise to many challenges. One of these was adapting how we are organised to cope with a completely new situation: classes without students between March and September 2020, as well as the need to digitise teaching and learning methods in just a few days.
Grupo Anaya’s Education division launched several initiatives to attenuate the “digital and emotional divide” relating to lockdown, such as offering free digital book licences, educational videos and teaching materials in PDF format to teachers and schools. The programme was then extended to public administrations, the Ministry for Education and regional education boards, with regional television channels taking part in order to reach vulnerable students.
Production of educational content for students needing learning support was extended in order to cope with increased demand in 2020. Ad hoc material was developed to help to evaluate the competences of secondary school students. The idea was to enable teachers to adapt their lesson plans to the actual level of the class and each student at the start of the year.
Education professionals and the various government bodies put their trust in us and allowed us to collaborate with them during this exceptional situation. This recognition confirms our duty as a leading educational publishing group in Spain
“Grupo Anaya’s Education division launched several initiatives free of charge to attenuate the ‘digital and emotional divide’ relating to lockdown.”
Carlos Marchena González