There are longstanding disputes over the curricula taught to Palestine refugee who learn in schools run by the UN. Disagreements focus on the teaching of the geography and history of Palestine in UNRWA schools and in government and private schools that enroll...
JDC Literature Review
Results for: 2019
Breaking the Silence: Sexual Coercion and Abuse in Post-Conflict Education
Conflict exacerbates the already poor state of education in many war-affected countries, and ensuring children’s safety in educational contexts continues to be difficult. This article highlights the ‘hidden’ problem of sexual abuse of children by teaching staff, and...
Inter-sectoral Cooperation for Afghan Refugee Education in Iran
There are up to two million undocumented Afghans living in Iran. While documented refugee children have always been able to access public education in Iran, undocumented Afghan children were only granted access to primary education in 2015 through the ‘blue card’...
Strengthening Education Systems for Long-Term Education Responses
Street Child’s implementation of Education in Emergency (EiE) programs in Lusenda refugee camp in eastern DRC and in communities hosting IDPs in northeastern Nigeria demonstrate how the building blocks for long-term improvements in education can be laid in the...
The Importance of Access and Accreditation: Learning from the Thailand–Myanmar Border
A large population of refugees and migrants from Myanmar has settled around Mae Sot in western Thailand; in the 1990s refugee teachers established informal schools called Migrant Learning Centres (MLCs). MLCs are not accredited, do not receive government funding, and...
Turkey’s Education Policies towards Syrian Refugees: A Macro-level Analysis
This study discusses the transformation of Turkey’s education policies towards Syrian refugees. The author analyzes education policies towards refugees in countries hosting large numbers of Syrian refugees and identifies five common challenges: (1) the language...
Child Labour and School Attendance in Turkey
The author argues that the emphasis on the ‘self-sufficiency’ of Syrian refugees in Turkey “trivialises education in comparison with work and fosters a belief among Syrian adults and children that education will not immediately improve their quality of life and is...
Jordan: Education Policy in Transition
As the education sector in Jordan moves from a humanitarian to a development response, a lack of planning for an appropriate transition risks excluding some groups of learners. Specifically, the response has narrowed from “children, adolescents and youth” to...
Feasible Measurement of Learning in Emergencies: Lessons from Uganda
This article describes lessons learned from piloting a new education assessment tool in education centers and schools in the Rwamwanja and Kyangwali refugee settlements in western Uganda. The tool aims to provide a rapid, holistic understanding of displaced learners’...
Improving Learning Environments in Emergencies through Community Participation
This article describes an education in emergencies toolkit developed by Save the Children that uses participatory assessments to improve learning environments in humanitarian settings. Assessments cover five areas: emotional and psychosocial protection; physical...