Out-of-School Children Is Pakistan’s Silent Emergency

Over 10,000 KP schools lack basic facilities: report - Daily news Update

A teacher takes a class in a school in Peshawar. — AFP/File KP government promises action in upcoming budget. Peshawar schools show severe infrastructure gaps. Educational emergency planned in worst-hit districts. Thousands of children studying in over 10,000 government schools across 28 settled districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continue to be deprived of essential facilities such as boundary walls, electricity, washrooms, and clean drinking wate…

Out-of-school children is Pakistan’s silent emergency

It is easy to ignore what we do not see. And for millions of children in Pakistan, this invisibility is their reality. UNICEF’s recent statement that over 25 million Pakistani children remain out of school should shock us, but sadly, it does not. We have accepted this crisis as normal, and that is the biggest tragedy. These are not just numbers. Every out-of-school child is a story of lost dreams and denied chances. UNICEF rightly points to the …

Nigeria: Insecurity Worsening Out-of-school Crisis: 10m Children Affected, 1,500 Schools Destroyed, 600 Teachers Killed In 4 4ears - Global Upfront Newspapers

Stakeholders have continued to raise concerns over the more than 10 million out-of-school children in Nigeria, with the majority concentrated in the northern region. Many of these children, LEADERSHIP Data Miners learnt, were reportedly forced out of school due to insurgency and other forms of insecurity. Many concerned citizens say the country is facing an educational catastrophe of terrifying proportions as millions of children have been force…