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At that time, families were expected to provide the necessary supplies for digital learning, with some support from the government, municipalities, civil society, and local institutions. Nevertheless, many families already lived under precarious conditions before the pandemic, and so the lockdown measures increased their vulnerability, with a probable impact on student school attendance and conditions enabling academic success. Since Ciganos\/Roma are part of this vulnerable population, we intend to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic impacts the school pathways of these students, namely in secondary education, where they represent a minority group. The data are derived from a variety of qualitative sources collected during research carried out in the two Metropolitan Areas in Portugal. The COVID-19 pandemic affected the youngsters\u2019 access to classes and their motivation to attend school, and opens the discussion about how because of the government\u2019s universal measures, by failing to consider social diversity, in particular Ciganos\/Roma Ciganos\/Roma families, this pandemic crisis may disproportionally affect the education of their children and youth. The findings highlight, firstly, that these impacts continue to be rendered invisible and naturalized in the public sphere and, secondly, that the measures and legislation underlying the pandemic effects continue not to include Ciganos in policymaking processes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/socsci12020086","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,9]],"date-time":"2023-02-09T02:55:54Z","timestamp":1675911354000},"page":"86","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic and Digital Divide Impact Ciganos\/Roma School Pathways?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Susana","family":"Mour\u00e3o","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o em Psicologia (CIP-UAL), Universidade Aut\u00f3noma de Lisboa, 1169-023 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e Estudos de Sociologia do Iscte-Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa (CIES-Iscte), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Sara","family":"Pinheiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e Estudos de Sociologia do Iscte-Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa (CIES-Iscte), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e Interven\u00e7\u00e3o Educativas (CIIE), Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5269-8004","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria Manuela","family":"Mendes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e Estudos de Sociologia do Iscte-Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa (CIES-Iscte), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Instituto Superior de Ci\u00eancias Sociais e Pol\u00edticas, Universidade de Lisboa, 1300-663 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Pedro","family":"Caetano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro Interdisciplinar de Ci\u00eancias Sociais, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1099-085 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9661-6261","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Olga","family":"Magano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e Estudos de Sociologia do Iscte-Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa (CIES-Iscte), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal"},{"name":"Departamento de Ci\u00eancias Sociais e de Gest\u00e3o, Universidade Aberta, 1269-001 Lisboa, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Abajo, Jos\u00e9 Eugenio, and Carrasco, S\u00edlvia (2004). 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