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sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ opens 12 early learning centres in Gaza as new report reveals early childhood development crisis
Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
‘Lost’ Blackadder Christmas script to be auctioned for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
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Struggle of Rohingya refugee children to get their basic right to education
There are more than 25 million refugees in the world - over half of them under the age of 18. There are also 10 million stateless people who are denied a nationality and basic rights such as education, healthcare and freedom of movement. Only 61% of refugee children are enrolled in primary education compared to 91% of all the world's children. Just 23% of refugee children are enrolled in secondary school, against 84% globally. Many of the schools refugee children do attend are makeshift ones in camps. Here, the Reuters news agency looks at the specific plight of Rohingya refugee children whose families fled from ethnic violence in Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh. Over a million Rohingya refugees have left in successive waves of displacement since the early 1990s - including over 720,000 since August 2017.Â
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our news roundup includes the unfolding disaster caused by Cyclone Idai, horrific attacks on school buses and a royal honour for an inspirational blind teacher.
Sarah Brown receives Woman of Influence award for her work with sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
The founder of the children's charity promised to "continue campaigning and fighting" for girls, women and young people everywhere.
Venezuela crisis is wrecking education and hope for millions of children
Loss of power that closed classes for days is just the latest blow in a country where half of children don't go to school and millions have fled over the borders.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ receives £650,000 from People’s Postcode Lottery UK
The award means sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has been given over $10 million this month to help our work on delivering quality education for every child.Â
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Our news roundup includes donor aid for Syrian refugees, a mass school shooting in Brazil and the tragedy of children buried in a collapsed school in Nigeria.
How Lebanon is giving very young Syrian refugees the skills they need for school
Another Supporting Syria and the Region conference is being held this week in Brussels, where international leaders will discuss how to help Syrian refugees and host communities. They include over 800,000 children living in neighbouring countries who are still denied an education. We look at how Lebanon's education ministry is delivering education to its refugee population - including a generation of very young Syrian children who were born in Lebanon and need to learn basic skills before starting school.
What happened to the promise to get every Syrian refugee in school?
On the eve of a third Supporting Syria conference in Brussels, we look at the story so far on the 2016 pledge to deliver education to all.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
Global period poverty, child marriage in Lebanon and school meals across Africa are all featured our roundup
Girls’ education under attack: youth activists share inspiring stories at sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½’s International Women’s Day event
Two former schoolgirls from Pakistan and another from Gaza told how they overcame the odds to campaign for education.