This policy brief provides an overview of the educational sector in Lebanon immediately prior to the escalation of Israel’s aggression in the autumn of 2024. Establishing a baseline for the conditions in the sector is essential for assessing the expected significant impacts on education in Lebanon. By evaluating the educational landscape just before the escalation of Israel’s aggression, this brief will help in formulating strategic and targeted interventions in educational policy and practice for both the immediate crisis and its protracted impacts while also considering the pre-existing challenges in Lebanon’s education sector.

The study investigated teaching and learning practices in madrasas, the knowledge and skills imparted through various branches of the madrasa curriculum, and student assessment processes. The primary objective is to explore potential collaborations between madrasas and humanitarian education providers to improve the quality of education.

This policy brief highlights findings from the ERICC formative research study titled ‘Access and continuity of quality education for older adolescent boys and girls in the refugee camp and host community of Cox’s Bazar’.

This policy brief synthesises findings from a forthcoming review of effectiveness research on education interventions in conflict and protracted crisis settings.

The study presented here applied systems thinking to the context of Jordan to assess the wider factors and potential misalignments affecting teacher management in the country.

The ERICC Research Programme Consortium has developed a systematic conceptual framework to translate individual studies into an interconnected body of knowledge on effective educational practices in conflict contexts. Through this framework, we aim to synthesise the existing body of knowledge and build a systematic knowledge base that is comprehensive, context-sensitive and actionable for educational interventions and policy changes.

This policy brief draws from the findings of a comprehensive Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC) research study titled “Formative research on system coherence for quality and effective delivery of the Myanmar Curriculum in Cox’s Bazar”

This evidence brief provides a summary of challenges and ways to improve EiE data systems. It draws on findings from a comprehensive evidence review based on a review of more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and grey literature as well as seven country-level case studies of data systems in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, South Sudan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

This technical brief draws on a Research Agenda working paper for education in conflict and crisis in South Sudan. Through a comprehensive ‘country scan’ process – involving an evidence review, mapping exercises, key informant interviews and key stakeholder meetings – evidence gaps in education within the conflict-affected and protracted crisis context of South Sudan have been identified.