Addressing Perception in he Delivery of Education in Conflict and Crisis

Equitable access to a quality education is a fundamental human right. It is also the foundation upon which true sustainable development must be built. Education at its best gives individuals essential tools for survival and advancement, including but not limited to: literacy and numeracy, critical thinking skills that help people challenge and evolve their existing knowledge base, non-cognitive social skills for co-existence, and the seeds of intellectual curiosity that will stimulate a person’s desire to seek out a plurality of information sources to significantly increase the ability to protect one’s health, well-being, and means of livelihood. As such, “Education for All” (EFA) as a priority in conflict and crisis has become an increasingly popular focus of donors, practitioners, and researchers along the relief-to-development continuum.