![Children members of the Santiago family, are homeschooled in San Miguel Amoltepec Viejo, Guerrero state, Mexico, on September 8, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. - Teachers resist abandoning their students in this impoverished indigenous region of Mexico despite the pandemic. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/IJY4GCRN377NM7I5VKK2THOBZA.jpg?smart=true&auth=fd99f5bc3d04fae10ac3aa29453226277992a0e6d0a3136d5ab7d2a2bc449b87&width=400&height=225)
Children like these being homeschooled in Mexico already faced widening educational disparities prior to Covid. AFP
Children like these being homeschooled in Mexico already faced widening educational disparities prior to Covid. AFP
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