CALL TO
ACTION
Maryam, 9, Afghan refugee, attends a UNHCR-funded primary school for girls in Khazana refugee village in Peshawar, Pakistan. ©UNHCR/A. Shahzad
INDIVIDUALS
- Support education and inclusion of refugees in your community
- Engage with your government to support positive policies for refugees
- Help give refugee children an education: donate.unhcr.org/int/education-2018/
BUSINESSES
- Fund education initiatives to provide quality education for refugees
- Share your expertise to bring new ideas, coalitions and approaches to refugee education
- Include refugees in your training, work placement and employment schemes
EDUCATION ACTORS
- Adopt a policy of refugee inclusion in national schools rather than building parallel systems
- Coordinate with education partners to amplify each other’s strengths, avoid duplication and achieve greater results for children
HOST COUNTRIES
- Enrol refugees in national schools, monitor their inclusion and provide special support where necessary
- Eliminate barriers that block access to education, such as requirements for birth and school certificates
- Make provisions for refugees in multi-year education sector plans and budgets
DONORS
- Commit to multi-year predictable funding from the emergency phase onwards so that no refugee is excluded from schooling due to lack of funds
- Establish clear links between humanitarian and development funding and programming
