International Day To Protect Education From Attack is aimed to raise awareness of the plight of millions of children living in countries affected by conflict.
As someone who has been working with refugee children, education has always been an issue. They are being denied their right to continue education in the refugee camps or outside. Some of them are being denied because they have no permission to continue education due to stateless people status.
Unfortunately, for a large number of refugees, access to education is blocked by many barriers. This includes the lack of access to educational programs due to the inability to provide legal documentation, lack of economic resources and lack of recognition of previous educational qualifications.
I believe refugees should receive training, knowledge, maturity and experiences they need to become agents of change with the potential to contribute to their host communities, be the voice of their fellow refugees and someday, rebuild their own home countries. Yet, for thousands of refugee children in Malaysia, education remains an aspiration and a dream, not a reality.
Ainie Haziqah
#ProtectEducationFromAttack
Reference: Empowering refugees through education by Priya Sharma (Monash University)
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