Learning for a future : refugee education in developing countries

Access to education is a fundamental human right under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Education is a crucial tool for protecting refugee children and teenagers from recruitment into forced labour, military activity, prostitution and crime. Schooling gives refugee children and their parents hope for the future. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has conducted a review of several aspects of refugee education. The papers commissioned for this book examine education response in acute emergency situations, issues of quality of learning and attainment in refugee schools, education for peace and vocational training programmes for refugees. Through this volume, UNHCR hopes to share these valuable insights with field practitioners and programme managers, as well as researchers and governments.