UN / EDUCATION REFUGEES

Ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) jointly released a new report showing that only 50 percent of refugee children are in primary school and 25 percent of refugee adolescents are in secondary school. FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:54
• Production Date: 20 May 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION - UNESCO; UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION - UNESCO; UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: DISPLACED PERSONS; EDUCATION; REFUGEES
• MAMS Id: 1627500
• Parent Id: 1627500
• Alternate Title: unifeed160520e

Description

STORY: UN / EDUCATION REFUGEES
TRT: 0:54
SOURCE: UNHCR / UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 5 JULY 2015, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN / 19 NOVEMBER 2015, GAMBELLA, ETHIOPIA

Shotlist

FILE - UNHCR - 19 NOVEMBER 2015, GAMBELLA, ETHIOPIA

1. Wide shot, school children singing at assembly
2. Med shot, children singing and dancing
3. Wide shot, refugees children in class
4. Med shot, teacher inside a makeshift classroom
5. Wide shot, students paying attention in class
6. Close up, teachers hand writing on the blackboard
7. Close up, boy writing in his book
8. Med shot, student writing in his book.

FILE - UNICEF - 5 JULY 2015, BENTIU, SOUTH SUDAN

9. Various shots, children enter school and lining up for assembly
10. Various shots, students learn under a tree in Liberty Primary School

Storyline

Ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) jointly released a new report showing that only 50 percent of refugee children are in primary school and 25 percent 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.

Behind the global average number of refugee children out of school, there are significant differences among countries. Primary enrolment rates average 80% in selected refugee sites in Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Yemen, but only 40 percent in Pakistan and 50 percent in Ethiopia.

Access to secondary education is even more limited for refugees in many countries.

According to UNHCR, almost 60 million people were in forced displacement in 2015, the highest number since 1945. These include internally displaced people (IDPs), asylum seekers and refugees, a small percentage of whom are resettled. At the same time, forcibly displaced people are spending longer and longer in displacement and exile, compromising prospects of durable solutions and reinforcing the urgency of a sustainable, comprehensive response by governments and the international community.