As students in many parts of the world, including Ethiopia, headed back to school this month, some children and young people will stay at home – too afraid to step foot in a classroom. The conflict between the government of Ethiopia and Tigrayan forces, which began in 2020, continues to rage. It has cost the lives of thousands and displaced millions prompting Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, to call it the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. It has devastated the education of children in the country and the life prospects of its children and young people.
This month, along with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, we released figures for out-of-school rates and populations globally based on a new methodology that combines administrative and survey data. These can be scrutinized in a new platform, VIEW. In the past, there have been gaps in data for Ethiopia, but the new method provides fresh insights for the country. The figures show that an estimated 10 million children between the ages of 6 and 18 are missing out on education in the country. Read more of this post
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