Of the one in twenty respondents denied this assistance, two-fifths reported the reason was either not
having identity cards or having allowed them to expire; 28 percent cited inability to meet the requirements;
and 21 percent reported not being aware of how to access the relief payment.
Chart 4.7.1.
Did you get the 100 euro relief payment?
Did your children attend school lessons during the
pandemic?
5
11
56
33
95
Yes, I got the money
No, they did notparticipate
No, I didn’t get the money
They participated
He doesn’tknow, he can’tremember
In 95 percent of cases, the relief payment ended up in households that needed it the most. By contrast, more
than one-half of all school-age children from informal settlements did not attend school lessons modified in
response to the pandemic.
Only one-third of all students (33 percent) followed lessons online or on television, and no fewer than 56
percent of the children missed out on school.
One-fifth of all households (21 percent) lacked elementary requirements for online instruction.19 All these
findings indicate the community was to a large part denied access to education during the coronavirus
outbreak.
19 Such as no electricity, no internet access, and no suitable devices (laptop or desktop computers or tablets,
etc.).
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PERSONS AT RISK OF STATELESSNESS IN SERBIA
OVERVIEW OF CURRENT SITUATION AND THE WAY FORWARD