Education support need for millions of crisis-hit children

In a shocking report of UN released on Tuesday shows the number of crisis- hit school children needed of education support have grossed from 75 million in 2016 to 222 million today.

  Highlights

• A report has been released by the united nations showing the number of children who need education.
• It shows the numbers have grown from 75 million in 2016 to 222 million today. 
• Only one in ten crisis hit children attending primary education meet proficiency standards.
• Climate, conflict and political disasters disrupts the dream of these children

The new report of united nations about the number of crisis-hit school children who need education support is shocking. It shows about 222 million school-aged children are in need of education support. These are the children who come from crisis hit countries. These include African countries, Pakistan, Afghanistan as well as Yemen. 

The UN global fund for education and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait(ECW), shows that those 222 million of girls and boys. More than 78.2 million are out of school. While almost 120 million, who are in attendance are not receiving minimum proficiency in reading or maths. 

 80% children miss out education

As per analysis, 84% children are missing out school and are living in areas with crisis. From refugee settlements, damaged classrooms and communities torn by war and disaster, millions of poor and hopeful children are badly holding on to education that will allow them in fulfilling their dream of becoming teachers, doctors or engineers.

Their need has been even greater than this nor more urgent, said ECW. In the initial analysis it is also suggested that COVID-19 induced learning losses are more relevant among the poor and those who were behind in term of education prior- two groups that typically include children in crisis.

With strategic partners, ECW’s commitment is to uphold crisis hit children’s primary right to equitable, quality education opportunities, including whole-of-child as well as holistic approach to help them overcome the challenges they face midst crisis and achieve outcomes. 

To conclude, this report has shocked the whole world to a great extent. The UN is planning to help more and more to increase the count of students around the world. To initiate it, the ECW and strategic partners have launched a #222MillionDreams resource mobilization campaign in Geneva.