The Issue

The Issue

The Challenges

The Challenges

Access and equity

Access and equity

Quality

Quality

Education in emergencies

Education in emergencies

Governance and financing

Governance and financing

UNICEF in action

UNICEF in action

Global Education Strategy

Global Education Strategy

Regional approach

Regional approach

Inclusive Education

Inclusive Education

Regional Initiative: Including all out of school children in quality learning

Regional Initiative: Including all out of school children in quality learning

Child-friendly schools

Child-friendly schools

Adolescents, education & participation

Adolescents, education & participation

Events

Events

Resources on education

Resources on education

 

Education in emergencies

Children watch as a UNICEF staff member unpacks a school-in-a-box kit after an emergency in Georgia.
© UNICEF/NYHQ2008-0721/Cliff Volpe

Emergencies and their legacies continue to have a strong presence in the education systems of the CEECIS region.

The conflicts that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union, the societal divisions that remain from those wars, the ongoing frozen conflicts, and regular earthquakes, floods and mudslides continue to threaten the access to and quality of schools in the region.

There are more than 827,000 children in the region classified as ‘populations of concern,’ i.e. refugees, asylum-seekers, returned refugees, internally-displaced persons (IDPs), returned IDPs and stateless children, and many more living in disputed territories and areas of ‘frozen conflict (UNHCR, 2007).’ These children have important implications for education systems in the region. 

Education plays a vital role in supporting the vulnerable children that are living through emergencies; reintegrating and rehabilitating those who have lived through emergencies; and preparing those who stand at risk of being affected by an emergency. Education in the region, as elsewhere, has an important role to play in preventing conflicts rooted in ethnic hatred and intolerance and in preventing devastation through emergency readiness trainings.

For more information about UNICEF work on emergencies in the CEECIS region, click here.