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This framework provides practical, high-level guidance on how to reopen schools to inform the decision-making process, support national preparations and guide the implementation process.

It is designed to be a flexible tool that can be adapted to each context and updated as the situation changes. The guidelines outline six key priorities to assess the readiness of schools and inform planning: policy, financing, safe operations, learning, reaching the most marginalized and wellbeing/protection. This framework has a linked supplementary document on emerging lessons for reopening schools (see linked resources section).