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The horrendous impact of some residential schools, especially for indigenous children, are well-documented and well known. What is less well-understood, however, is that the legacy of this kind of residential education continues today around the world. This blog presents recent research on the ongoing use and harms of residential education worldwide. 

This blog summarizes the INEE Thematic Meet-up held in Guasca, Cundinamarca, Colombia, which included a workshop with girls and adolescents undergoing rights restoration. It explores their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for accessing quality education in Colombia.

In recent years, UNICEF and NRC have worked together to provide children and teachers with mental health and psychosocial support. This collaboration seeks to expand and enhance the impact of the Better Learning Programme, reaching more children, youth and educators affected by crisis.

Dean Brooks will be leaving the role of INEE Director in September of this year. The INEE leadership team has begun the recruitment process for a new INEE Director to ensure a smooth transition. With the launch of the 2024 INEE Minimum Standards and the soon to be launched INEE Strategic Framework there are great things on the horizon for INEE.

Traditional education systems are not built for crises. When schools are bombed, when girls are banned from classrooms, and when young people are displaced, traditional schooling methods fall apart. This is not just a problem; it’s a catastrophe - it’s a generational loss and we need to acknowledge that our old ways are failing and that we need to adapt and innovate.

INEE is pleased to announce the formation of the Translation Review Groups for the INEE Minimum Standards, 2024 Edition.

In 2022-2023, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) collected examples of gender-based attacks on education in armed conflict including the abduction of girls on their way to school in Yemen, the use of improvised explosive devices on a girls' middle school in Pakistan, the raiding of women's university dormitories in Sudan, and numerous examples of acts of sexual violence against girls on the way to school in Cameroon, South Sudan, and beyond

In October 2020, the INEE Secretariat published our Statement on Anti-Racism and Racial Equity as a step toward addressing inequities in our work and structures, and in the education in emergencies sector more broadly. This blog shares the resources developed through two INEE consultancies, as well as INEE’s new Anti-Racism Collection page.

We are pleased to open a call for submissions for the INEE Measurement Library until 9 June 2024.

On 7 May at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks, the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) and the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies (EiE Hub) co-hosted the first public launch of the INEE Minimum Standards, 2024 Edition.