In our new report, Attacks on Education: The impact of conflict and grave violations on children’s futures[JB1] , we document the impact of conflict on education, and include new research done for Save the Children by UNESCO’s Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR) that finds 48.5 million children living in conflict areas are currently out of school, more than half of them at primary age. The conflict in Syria has contributed to the sharp increase in the number of reported incidents. Of more than 3600 incidents recorded in 2012, over 70%were in Syria. The new research comes as Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai addresses the UN General Assembly in her first public speech since she was attacked by gunmen on her way to school in Pakistan last October. The report finds: 1 - Of the nearly 50 million children aged between six and 15 out of school in conflict-affected countries in 2011, 28.5 million were primary school children, over half of them girls. 2 - In 2012, there were more than 3,600 documented attacks on education, including violence, torture and intimidation against children and teachers, resulting in death or grave injuries, the shelling and bombing of schools and the recruitment of school-aged children by armed groups. 3- Since the start of the Syria conflict, 3,900 schools have either been destroyed, damaged or are being occupied for purposes other than education. BY SAVE THE CHILDREN
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 04:34:07 +0000
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