Education under threat in West and Central Africa
Conflict is taking a devastating toll on education. This must not become a forgotten crisis, Thirty years after governments around the world adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child , the right to an education is being violated in communities hit by conflict in West and Central Africa. Right now, nearly two million children are being robbed of an education in the region due to violence and insecurity in and around their schools.…, West and Central Africa crisis at a glance, en child alert.png This map is stylized and not to scale. It does not reflect a position by UNICEF on the legal status of any country or area or the delimitation of any frontiers. The final boundary between the Sudan and South Sudan has not yet been determined. What’s happening? Many areas in West and Central Africa are witnessing increased…, Learning in peril, When education is under attack, safe schooling in the traditional sense becomes impossible to provide. The threat of attacks creates a sense of fear in local communities, forcing schools to close, teachers to flee and school children to remain at home, unable to learn in classrooms with their peers. Cameroon. A child stands in a classroom in…, Voices from the region, UNICEF UNICEF Display caption Show Original Caption Display caption Show Original Caption South Sudan. A girl completes school work in a classroom in Yambio, South Sudan. UNICEF/UN0272634/Holt Mary, who was once abducted by an armed group, completes school work in a classroom in Yambio, South Sudan. Nigeria. A girl pushes her hand against a screen…, How is UNICEF helping?, While a classroom is preferable, it is not the only place to provide learning activities. For example, UNICEF and the Children’s Radio Foundation have been collaborating since 2016 on designing and piloting the first-of-its-kind Radio Education in Emergencies programme. UNICEF has also been creating temporary learning centres, which provide a…, Call to action, UNICEF and partners call on governments, armed forces, other parties to conflict and the international community to take concerted action to stop attacks and threats against schools, students, teachers and other school personnel in West and Central Africa – and to support quality learning for every child in the region. To reach these goals: States…
