The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The teachers urged governments to deliver quality remote education and cautioned against any cuts to education budgets.

They urged African governments to speed up the re-opening of schools and provide solutions to delivering quality remote education.

According to Unesco, about 200 million learners in Africa have no access to the internet

The teachers said despite the internet challenges, poor learners must not be denied education opportunities during this pandemic period.

Other solutions the teachers suggested include delivering quality remote education to children with focus on quality using the mass media.