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Refugee Children Are Five Times More Likely To Be Out Of School Than Others

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Refugee Children Are Five Times More Likely To Be Out Of School Than Others

by The Daily Eye Team May 26 2016, 9:38 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 29 secs

A new policy paper, ‘No more excuses’, jointly released by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and UN High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit on May 23-24 reveals new data showing that only 50% of refugee children are in primary school and 25% of refugee adolescents are in secondary school.
The paper calls for countries and their humanitarian and development partners to ensure urgently that those forcibly displaced are included in national education plans and to collect better data to monitor their education status and progress.

Read More at www.unesco.org



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UNESCO Global Education Monitoring GEM Report and UN High Commission on Refugees UNHCR Aaron Benavot World Humanitarian Summit

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