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A UN report said that wars and changes in the climate have affected the education of over 250 million children.
“The number of children affected by crises has increased by 21 million in just 18 months, reaching an estimated 258 million worldwide,” the study said. The report is by Education Cannot Wait, the UN fund for education in crisis zones.
Nearly 60 per cent of the students affected lived in just nine countries. These included Afghanistan, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan and Yemen.
The report was about children and teenagers whose education was stopped because of war, being forced to move, climate problems and long-lasting economic issues.
It found that 93 million children were completely out of school. Conflict and violence are the leading reasons that children drop out of school.
Maysa Jalbout is the director of Education Cannot Wait.
“These findings show us where needs are greatest,” she said. “Now is the time to invest in the futures of crisis-affected children.”
