Why we desperately need to help Syrian refugee children get to school

GPE media coverage - September 10, 2015

Empty desks lined up in a primary school in Nicaragua. Credit: World Bank/Arne Hoel, 2007

Gordon Brown stresses the importance of providing education in emergency settings, as the latest figures reveal that there is a total of 30 million displaced children wandering the world who will go through their entire school-age years in exile and will never even enter a classroom.

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Focus areas: Basic education, Education in crisis situations

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