covid-19 outbreak and school dropout; a worldwide challenge for an equitable future

Covid 19 pandemic is one of the most major global health crises around the world. this outbreak has impacted all socioeconomic and cultural dimensions of life (1). one of the affected domains is education from preschool to university. by march, 49 countries, including china, france, iran, and japan closed their schools to mitigate the transmission of covid19 (2). this phenomenon has raised major concerns due to its short term and longterm negative outcomes. as far as short term results are concerned, deprivation of many students from attending classes and, more importantly, inequality in access to virtual classes for low economic societies would be concerning.