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Education

Education is vital in restoring hope and dignity to young people driven from their homes.

Education Field Guidelines

Translating UNHCR's education policies and commitments to action on the ground.

Refugee Education Indicators

Education indicators and gap analysis covering 118 refugee camps in 23 asylum countries based on initial data from the Camp Indicator Report, June 2004.

Education in the News Rss FeedEducation in the News

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UNHCR Education Strategy 2010-2012: "Education for All Persons of Concern to UNHCR"

Policy, challenges and objectives

UNHCR Education Standards and Indicators Handbook 2006

Refugees and Education

For UNHCR, education is a basic refugee right, one that is vital in restoring hope and dignity to people driven from their homes, a tool to help them get back on their feet and build a better future. More on our special pages.

Civic Education

Learn how refugees can be the subject of work units on human rights, nationalism, racism, immigration, persecution and war.

UNHCR Peace Education Programme (PEP)

World Refugee Day 2003 Information Kit - Section 3: Resource Sheets - UNHCR Peace Education Programme (PEP)

DAFI Scholarships

The German-funded Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative provides scholarships for refugees to study in higher education institutes in many countries.

Refugee Children and Education

Education is a fundamental right of the child, one that is vital in restoring hope and dignity.

Other IOC Initiatives: Education

Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction

Learning for a Future: Refugee Education in Developing Countries

A book examining a wide range of issues relating to refugee education.

Inter–Agency Network for Education in Emergencies

A network promoting access to quality education for all people affected by crisis.

Africa Newsletter Special Issue on Education

Highlight on education for refugees in Africa.

Houphouët–Boigny Scholarships

A secondary education programme that helps refugees with exceptional academic ability.

Teaching About Refugees, Civic Education

Refugees are a painful living reminder of the failure of societies to exist in peace. People should be able to lead productive and independent lives in their home communities. Sadly, they are sometimes forced to flee because of abuse, violations of their rights and various forms of social breakdown, including war. These issues are linked to concepts such as justice, equality, tolerance, freedom, minority rights and the formation of community. Refugees can be the subject of work units on human rights, nationalism, racism, immigration, persecution and war.


9-11 year olds Refugee Children
12-14 year olds Refugee Teenagers
15-18 year olds Refugee Women

INSPIRE

Innovative Strategic Partnerships In Refugee Education

Related news stories to Unit plan for ages 12-14 in Civic Education: Refugee teenagers Rss FeedRelated news stories to Unit plan for ages 12-14 in Civic Education: Refugee teenagers

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Related news stories to Unit plan for ages 15-18 in Civic Education: Refugee women Rss FeedRelated news stories to Unit plan for ages 15-18 in Civic Education: Refugee women

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Community Technology Access

A programme that allows refugees to use computer technology for education as well as business and livelihoods purposes.

Assistance

From life-saving aid to help with shelter, health, water, education and more.

Refugee teenagers

Related news stories to Unit plan for ages 12-14 in Civic Education

Refugee women

Related news stories to Unit plan for ages 15-18 in Civic Education: Refugee women

2009 Dialogue: Related Themes

The following links are intended to enable participants to understand and navigate through the complex topic of challenges to persons of concern in cities and urban settings.

Key findings of the GNA pilot survey, 2008

  • 30 percent of needs are not being met
  • A third of unmet needs are for basic needs and essential services

Measures are needed to improve:

  • Food security and nutrition
  • Health
  • Access to clean water - construction or rehabilitation of wells
  • Sanitation - construction or rehabilitation of latrines
  • Distribution of non-food items
  • Access to education - subsidies to students, school supplies, extra schools or classrooms, more teachers

To ensure better protection we will need:

  • Training and technical support to governments
  • Improved and ensured access to asylum procedures
  • Enhanced reception facilities and procedures
  • Documentation
  • Border monitoring
  • Strengthened community security measures
  • To support justice mechanisms

To improve prevention and response to sexual abuse and violence we will need to:

  • Provide firewood or fuel alternative
  • Strengthen child protection programmes
  • Enhance reporting and follow-up
  • Establish safe houses
  • Expand opportunities for women's self-reliance

Afghanistan: An Uncertain Future

Tanzania: Hosting Africa's Largest Concentration of Refugees

Education for Displaced Colombians

Uganda: The gift of education

As the violence in northern Uganda abates, UNHCR helps children go back to school.

Learning Is Their Future

Almost a quarter-of-a-million Sudanese have fled violence in the Darfur region and found refuge across the border in eastern Chad. Schools in the UNHCR-run refugee camps provide an education for more than 50,000 children. Conditions are basic and equipment scarce, but the children feel education is their only hope for a brighter future.

North Kivu: Education For the Few

he violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has caused more than 1 million people to flee their homes, including huge numbers of children. Efforts to make sure the displaced youngsters continue to receive an education face huge challenges.