Students attend a science lesson at St. Michaels secondary school in Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, on 26 April 2021. © UNHCR/Zinyange Auntony
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for an international effort to guarantee secondary education for refugee children and youth, as levels of school and university enrolment remain critically low.
The call comes as UNHCR launches its 2021 Education Report, Staying The Course: The Challenges Facing Refugee Education. The report highlights the stories of young refugees around the world as they try to keep learning in an era of unprecedented disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.