According to a report published today by UNHCR and the UN Refugee Organization, there are four million children refugees who cannot go to school. This means that there is half a million increase in the number of refugee children who didn’t have access to education in just one year.
According to the report titled: “TURN THE TIDE Refugee Education in Crisis”, Despite the efforts of governments, UNHCR and its partners, the enrollment rate of refugee children is not at all at the same level with refugee population and is not increasing with the increase of refugees.
As of the end of 2017, there are 25.4 million refugees in the world, of which 19.9 million are under UNHCR's jurisdiction, and more than the half - 52 percent - are children. 7.4 million of them are in school age.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi made the following statement: “Education is a way for children to heal, but it is essential to rebuild their country. Without education, the future of these children and their communities will be irreversibly damaged.”
Only 61 percent of refugee children go to primary school, compared to 92 percent worldwide.
As the age of refugee children grow older, the gap is widening. Almost two-thirds of refugee children attending primary school do not continue their secondary education. In total, while 23 percent of refugee children go to secondary education, it is stated that this rate is 84 percent worldwide.
When it comes to the next level, this difference turns into a bigger gap. While the enrollment rate in higher education is 37 percent worldwide, only one percent of refugee children can have this opportunity, and this number has not been changing for three years.
Grandi also added: The school is the first place where refugee children can come up with the concept of normality months or even years later. According to the current situation, hundreds of thousands of children will be added to these disturbing numbers if no immediate investment will be made. ”
The report points out that thanks to the countries that have accepted the New York Refugee and Immigrants Declaration, there has been great progress in enrolling more than 500,000 refugee children who were not enrolled in 2017. The report also calls for what more can be done to ensure that all refugees receive the quality education they deserve.
The report calls for host countries to be included in the national education system, starting from primary school, by registering refugee children with an appropriate curriculum. It will also be a springboard for refugees to go to university or to receive advanced vocational training.
It is also stated in the report that the developing regions host 92 percent of school-aged refugee children, and that these countries need more sustainable financial assistance from the international community.
Finally, the report calls for a stronger cooperation with the private sector, humanitarian and development organizations and governments in order to increase sustainable solutions to the refugees' education problem.
2020 Yılı Biterken Dünya Çapında Göçmen ve Mültecilerin Durumuna Genel Bir Bakış
According to a report published today by UNHCR and the UN Refugee Organization, there are four million children refugees who cannot go to school. This means that there is half a million increase in the number of refugee children who didn’t have access to education in just one year.
According to the report titled: “TURN THE TIDE Refugee Education in Crisis”, Despite the efforts of governments, UNHCR and its partners, the enrollment rate of refugee children is not at all at the same level with refugee population and is not increasing with the increase of refugees.
As of the end of 2017, there are 25.4 million refugees in the world, of which 19.9 million are under UNHCR's jurisdiction, and more than the half - 52 percent - are children. 7.4 million of them are in school age.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi made the following statement: “Education is a way for children to heal, but it is essential to rebuild their country. Without education, the future of these children and their communities will be irreversibly damaged.”
Only 61 percent of refugee children go to primary school, compared to 92 percent worldwide.
As the age of refugee children grow older, the gap is widening. Almost two-thirds of refugee children attending primary school do not continue their secondary education. In total, while 23 percent of refugee children go to secondary education, it is stated that this rate is 84 percent worldwide.
When it comes to the next level, this difference turns into a bigger gap. While the enrollment rate in higher education is 37 percent worldwide, only one percent of refugee children can have this opportunity, and this number has not been changing for three years.
Grandi also added: The school is the first place where refugee children can come up with the concept of normality months or even years later. According to the current situation, hundreds of thousands of children will be added to these disturbing numbers if no immediate investment will be made. ”
The report points out that thanks to the countries that have accepted the New York Refugee and Immigrants Declaration, there has been great progress in enrolling more than 500,000 refugee children who were not enrolled in 2017. The report also calls for what more can be done to ensure that all refugees receive the quality education they deserve.
The report calls for host countries to be included in the national education system, starting from primary school, by registering refugee children with an appropriate curriculum. It will also be a springboard for refugees to go to university or to receive advanced vocational training.
It is also stated in the report that the developing regions host 92 percent of school-aged refugee children, and that these countries need more sustainable financial assistance from the international community.
Finally, the report calls for a stronger cooperation with the private sector, humanitarian and development organizations and governments in order to increase sustainable solutions to the refugees' education problem.
2020 Yılı Biterken Dünya Çapında Göçmen ve Mültecilerin Durumuna Genel Bir Bakış
