23 September 2013 – Some 28.5 million children in countries affected by conflict are being denied access to learning, with tens of thousands of schools attacked or occupied by armed forces, heightening the risk they will never go to school or will drop out, the United Nations and its partners warned today, calling for urgent action.
News Archive
September 22, 2013
BIFF elements took students and teachers as their human shields after soldiers and policemen pursued them for earlier harassing a militia unit.
September 10, 2013
BANGKOK : A twin bomb blast struck a school in insurgency-plagued southern Thailand today, officials said, killing two soldiers and injuring one student in a new setback to peace efforts.
July 31, 2013
Islamic extremists killed eight people in an attack targeting teachers and Muslim clerics in northeast Nigeria, witnesses and the military said Thursday.
July 29, 2013
Stronger security is needed for teachers in government schools in Thailand’s deep south, where an ongoing insurgency by Muslim separatist groups has left more than 150 teachers dead since 2004, say officials.
July 29, 2013
I’m writing from Syria, but it’s not the Syria I knew and loved. People today have lost the sparkle in their eyes because they’ve lost their faith in life. Men, women and children are walking around with pale faces, lacklustre smiles and no joie de vivre. People everywhere look stunned as if their minds and souls are far away.
July 24, 2013
A roadside bomb exploded in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south Wednesday, killing two teachers and wounding three other people, police said.
July 12, 2013
Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani school girl, turns 16 years old today—an age she almost did not live to enjoy. Last October, Taliban gunmen shot Malala in retaliation for her speaking out on girls’ education. On Malala’s birthday, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) calls on governments, non-state armed groups, international and local organizations, and other education actors to take action to ensure that students like Malala are able to learn in safe environments, protected from violence and conflict.
July 12, 2013
Almost 50 million children and young people in conflict areas out of school, says report, with Syrian civil war worsening problem
July 10, 2013
Tomorrow is Malala Yousafzai’s 16th birthday. The Pakistani school girl was shot by the Taliban last October for demanding education for girls. Malala’s story is not an isolated one. Students and teachers across our globe are intimidated and harassed, injured, raped, and even killed. Schools are burned, bombed, and destroyed.
