Uganda’s School Plan for Refugee Children Could Become a Global Template

Publisher:
Inter Press Service
Published
Topic(s):
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Refugees
Education Sector Planning
English

Uganda’s Primary Education under the Education Response Plan for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda (ERP), facilitated by Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the first of its kind globally, was launched two years ago by the Ugandan government together with local and international humanitarian and development partners. “It targets children and youth in 12 refugee-hosting districts in Uganda where more than half a million children are currently out of learning and out of school,” according to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency.