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