Blog 10: Afghan Refugee Children Deprived Education

Afghan children who are refugees are not receiving their human right to education. The representatives for the UNHCR released the statistics to the amount of afghan children in Pakistan who were not getting education and the statistics were a surprisingly eighty percent of the refugee children. It is estimated that about 1.74 million people are still refugees in Pakistan.  Of that 1.74 million only 5% have completed primary school and only 20% school-aged children are enrolled in primary education.  The quality education that the Afghan children receive is very low.  The classroom environments are also very poor.  UNHCR representatives believe that education is not just for the individual child, but for society as whole.

 

Education is known as the universal human right for all.  All children have a right to primary education.  Education for refugee children need to be handled better because a lot of children are not receiving education and if they are the quality is very poor.  The schools situations vary because some have very little resources and conditions are poor whereas other schools are acceptable.   Some governments assist in making sure that refugee children get education, but the truth of the matter is that some cannot even afford to provide primary education to their own kids.  For example, the refugee children in some areas of South Africa are also missing out on their schooling just as the Afghan children.  These countries are in a bad state and funding is not distributed equally.  These countries are trying to make sure that they have enough funding for their own kids and then taking on the responsibility of the refugee children as well.  This is an issue that needs attention because we have a universal education right to children, but the quality of that education is still questionable.  Funds need to be distributed equally so that maybe the percentage of children not receiving education can decrease or even cease to exist.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/357243/afghan-refugees-children-deprived-of-education/