Supporting Continued Access to Education during COVID-19: Emerging Promising Practices Issue 2

This document is the second in a series that highlights emerging practices as UNHCR operations and their partners work to support the continuity of education for displaced and refugee students during the pandemic and support them in returning to school. 

In this edition of “Emerging promising practices” we highlight the efforts that UNHCR and partners have taken to support refugee learners and students to continue their education and to support families and caregivers who have had to temporarily assume the role of teachers. Initial indications from needs assessments show that refugee families often lack the hardware needed to have meaningful access to national distance and connected education programmes implemented by governments. Continued disruption to learning and difficulties accessing services puts the gains made in refugees’ access to education at risk.