In response to the growing threat of Ebola across west Africa, the governments of Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea have closed their schools. The closures are temporary, but that could change if the spread of the virus continues and accelerates. 

The schools' closure both helps to protect children from possible exposure to the virus and keeps them from getting the education they need. The virus compounds the education crisis that these countries have been facing for the past decade.

Read the article in the Guardian