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BANGLADESH / ROHINGYA EDUCATION
STORY: BANGLADESH / ROHINGYA EDUCATION
TRT: 2:28
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ROHINGYA / BANGLADESHI
DATELINE: 03 AND 05 FEBRUARY 2019, KUTUPALONG, COX’S BAZAR DISTRICT, BANGLADESH
1.Variou shots, kids Anju Ara and her brother Kamal Hossein sitting on the floor inside a classroom
2. Various shots, kids in the classroom study
3. Close up, a young girl’s face painted part of a Burmese tradition
4. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Asmaa Bibi, Teacher:
“As I teach the children here, it helps me to not to forget what I have learnt in my life.”
5. Various shots , Awahida watching children in classroom
6. SOUNDBITE (Bangladeshi) Awahida Yasmin, Teacher:
“We encourage them and we are trying to support them as much as we can. The kids are enthusiastic.”
7. Various shots, kids in classroom
8. Various shots, kids leaving school
9. Med shot, Kamal Hossein and Anju Ara walking towards their house going back from school with wering backpacks
10. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Abu Sayed, Rohingya refugee:
“Once we came here, we found a school and a few children along with Kamal and Anju Ara study there. If they cannot have education, they will be ignorant.”
11. Aerial shot, Kutupalong refugee camp
12. Wide shot, market inside Kutupalong camp.
13. Various shot,s kids getting haircut
14. Various shots, market
15. SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Abu Sayed, Rohingya refugee:
“I wish, we could have the opportunity for our children to receive education. It could be a privilege.”
16. Various shots, kids in classroom studying
17. Wide shot, classroom exterior
UNHCR and other aid agencies are calling for access to quality education for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
55 per cent of refugees in the Rohingya settlements in Cox’s Bazar, South-Eastern Bangladesh, are children under the age of 18. However, 36 per cent of Rohingya youngsters aged 3-14 and 91 per cent of youth and adolescents still lack access to any learning opportunities in the refugee sites.
Many Rohingya children also lacked schooling in Myanmar.
Yet, the power of education to break the cycle of poverty, violence and injustice has been well proven. The refugee children and their parents are eager to access learning opportunities, and recognised qualifications which can give them the skills to help rebuild their communities in the future.
The five year old Anju Ara and seven year old Hossain love learning.
They go the Sunshine Learning Centre that runs by the Bangladeshi organization BRAC and funded by UNHCR in the Kutupalong refugee settlement, Bangladesh.
The learning centres run three shifts a day for seven to 14 year-olds. English is taught, along with Burmese, writing and math.
SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Asmaa Bibi, Teacher:
"As I teach the children here, it helps me to not to forget what I have learnt in my life. I get that from my teaching."
SOUNDBITE (Bangladeshi) Awahida Yasmin, Teacher:
"We encourage them and we are trying to support them as much as we can. The kids are enthusiastic."
SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Abu Sayed, Rohingya refugee:
“When we arrived here, we found a school and a few children along with Kamal and Anju Ara study there. If they cannot get an education, they will be ignorant.”
Kutupalong is the largest refugee settlement in the world. It is home to over 620,000 Rohingya refugees, more than half are children.
However, few get the quality education they need, and 91% per cent of youth aged 15-24 get no schooling at all.
SOUNDBITE (Rohingya) Abu Sayed, Rohingya refugee:
“I wish, we could have the opportunity for our children to receive an education. It could be a privilege.”
UNHCR and other aid agencies are calling for access to quality education for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
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