{"id":23562,"date":"2015-09-09T05:56:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T05:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am?p=23562"},"modified":"2015-09-10T06:21:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T06:21:38","slug":"%c2%ab%d5%af%d6%80%d5%a9%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9%d5%b5%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b6%d5%a8-%d5%af%d6%80%d5%a1%d5%af%d5%ab-%d5%bf%d5%a1%d5%af%c2%bb-%d5%a6%d5%a5%d5%af%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b5%d6%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.womennet.am\/en\/%c2%ab%d5%af%d6%80%d5%a9%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%a9%d5%b5%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b6%d5%a8-%d5%af%d6%80%d5%a1%d5%af%d5%ab-%d5%bf%d5%a1%d5%af%c2%bb-%d5%a6%d5%a5%d5%af%d5%b8%d6%82%d5%b5%d6%81\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abEducation under Fire\u00bb – UNICEF Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"More than 13 million \u2013 that is the number of children who are prevented from attending school by surging conflict and political upheaval across the Middle East and North Africa, according to a new report released by the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF<\/a>) .<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cA region which \u2013 until just a few short years ago \u2013 had the goal of universal education well within reach, today faces a disastrous situation,\u201d says the report,\u00a0Education Under Fire<\/a>, which focuses on the impact of violence on schoolchildren and education systems in nine countries that have been directly or indirectly impacted by violence.<\/p>\n

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\"\"The UNICEF report says attacks on schools and education infrastructure \u2013 sometimes deliberate \u2013 are one key reason why many children do not attend classes.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya alone, nearly 9,000 schools are out of use because they have been damaged, destroyed, are being used to shelter displaced civilians or have been taken over by parties to the conflict,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n

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Other factors, according to the agency, include the fear that drives thousands of teachers to abandon their posts, or keeps parents from sending their children to school because of what might happen to them along the way \u2013 or at school itself.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe destructive impact of conflict is being felt by children right across the region,\u201d said Peter Salama, Regional Director for UNICEF in the Middle East and North Africa. \u201cIt\u2019s not just the physical damage being done to schools, but the despair felt by a generation of schoolchildren who see their hopes and futures shattered.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, more than 700,000 Syrian refugee children are unable to attend school because the overburdened national education infrastructure cannot cope with the extra student load.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLike children anywhere, they want an opportunity to learn, and acquire the skills they need to fulfil their potential,\u201d the report said. \u201cThis constitutes a clear challenge to the international community, host governments, policy makers, and all those who want to see the Middle East and North Africa emerge from its current turmoil.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The report highlights a range of initiatives \u2013 including the use of self-learning and expanded learning spaces \u2013 that help children learn even in the most desperate of circumstances. But it says that the funding such work receives is not commensurate with the burgeoning needs, despite the fact that children and parents caught up in conflict overwhelmingly identify education as their number one priority.<\/p>\n

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In particular, the\u00a0No Lost Generation<\/a>\u00a0Initiative, launched by UNICEF and other partners in 2013 to galvanize more international backing for the education and protection needs of children affected by the Syria crisis deserves more support, the report says.<\/p>\n

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The report calls on the international community, host governments, policy makers, the private sector and other partners to: reduce the number of children out of school through the expansion of informal education services especially for vulnerable children; provide more support to national education systems in conflict-hit countries and host communities to expand learning spaces, recruit and train teachers and provide learning materials; and in countries affected by the Syria crisis, advocate for the recognition and certification of non-formal Education services.<\/p>\n

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