PAKISTAN / DISPLACED EDUCATION

The large majority of the two and a half million people displaced by the conflict in northern Pakistan are staying with increasingly over-burdened relatives and friends and in makeshift shelters in schools and other government buildings. A big part of UNICEF's emergency response is to ensure that their right to be educated is not disrupted. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:47
• Production Date: 3 June 2009
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: EDUCATION; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: PAKISTAN
• MAMS Id: U090603d

Description

STORY: PAKISTAN / DISPLACED EDUCATION
TRT: 1.47
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / URDU / NATS

DATELINE: 2 JUNE 2009, NORTH WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE, PAKISTAN

Shotlist

1. Med shot, teacher taking class at Chota Lahore Camp school
2. Med shot, Ikram Ullah at lessons
3. Med shot, Ikram and his sisters walking through camp
4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Ikram Ullah, Ten-year-old boy:
“Over there we could not go to school. Here there is no bombing. Here we aren’t scared. We like studying and now we come to school happily.”
5. Pan, tents in camp
6. Med shot, camp
7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Haseena Begum, Head Teacher, Chota Lahore Camp School:
“UNICEF is providing special assistance and is giving books and stationery to these children. We are ensuring that the children’s education does not suffer and they complete their academic year.”
8. Wide shot, children in tent school
9. Wide shot, girl with UNICEF bag
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Shandana Aurangzeb Durrani. UNICEF Programme Communication Officer:
“The majority of those who have been displaced by the conflict have been women and children Many of these children have been heavily traumatized by their experiences and their daily life routine has been totally disrupted.”
11. Close up, shoes outside as children go into school
12. Med shot, girl at blackboard
13. Med shot, writing on blackboard

Storyline

Although his life has been turned upside down by the recent conflict, ten year old Ikram Ullah has one thing to look forward to—his lessons.

He and his two sisters are attending the UNICEF-supported Chota Lahore Camp School in Pakistan’s North West Frontier province.

The family has been driven out of their homes in Buner District.

SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Ikram Ullah, ten-year-old:
“Over there we could not go to school. Here there is no bombing. Here we aren’t scared. We like studying and now we come to school happily.”

Nearly 900 students are enrolled at the primary school which is one of 32 that UNICEF has set up in camps for the displaced.

SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Haseena Begum, Head Teacher, Chota Lahore Camp School:
“UNICEF is providing special assistance and is giving books and stationery to these children. We are ensuring that the children’s education does not suffer and they complete their academic year.”

The numbers of displaced people are increasing daily, and so is the demand for schooling. UNICEF is trying to find new spaces where temporary schools can be established.

SOUNDBITE (English) Shandana Aurangzeb Durrani, UNICEF Programme Communication Officer:
“The majority of those who have been displaced by the conflict have been women and children Many of these children have been heavily traumatized by their experiences and their daily life routine has been totally disrupted.”

School is one of the best ways to ensure that children in conflict do not suffer more than necessary. UNICEF is focused on making sure that a child’s right to receive an education is not disrupted, no matter what the circumstances of their lives.