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certainly, The Ministry of Education may be hung by a thread and Teenagers keep buying intercoms Bypass the cell phone ban. and the latest results of the National Education Progress Assessment, the most comprehensive assessment of American students, show The reading skills of 12th graders are the worst in their thirty years. But, overall, the kids are back in class.
This is not something we should take for granted.
Exceed 270 million children worldwide Today – including one in ten young children and one in four teenagers – did not enroll. 21 million more than the previous year. It’s like you’re going to take every child of school age from kindergarten to grade 12 and then graduate and multiply that number by five. Worse, UNICEF released an analysis last week that estimates another 6 million children won’t attend classes This year, it is expected to drop $3.2 billion by 2026, a 24% drop from two years ago due to cuts in international education aid.
Many of these children live in countries involved in years of war and violence. Sudan, Nigeria, Gaza, Afghanistan and Ukraine. And, as The number of conflicts doubled The simple ability to keep children in the classroom over the past few years has become another casualty of the war.
There is no worse problem than Sudan. About 16.5 million children – the vast majority of the 19 million children in Sudan – have left school in a bloody civil war Falling into famine. In Gaza, Almost all schools are damagedas a battlefield or crowded shelter for students and families to suffer Israeli bombings for nearly two years. In Afghanistan, aid cuts have Almost closed the secret school Still serving 2.2 million girls and women The Taliban prohibits the admission of more than just primary education.
Just a few years ago, the pandemic made students around the world miss in-person classes, many of which were for Longer time More than in the United States. We now know the damage of those absences Children’s reading and math skills, Not to mention their emotional health and happiness.
School is even more necessary for children living in crisis. Where How many meals do they have a dayand the much-needed stable and support dosages in the sea of conflict. That’s why many of their parents and teachers have not given up, even in the most horrible situations.
In Ukraine, thousands of students Back to school For the first time in years, as the network of underground classrooms is a bomb shelter. Despite the substantial cuts in foreign aid, Zimbabwe’s nonprofit is ensuring that thousands of children still have access to school lunches.
Dozens of temporary classrooms have popped up in the tent Gaza and Sudangive thousands of children the opportunity to become children and learn. Even if it’s only a few hours.
We know how to get more kids to class because we have done it before. By investing in global education, we manage to Cut the number of children in schools Since 2000, about 35%. But there is still a long way to go. With cuts in foreign aid, and with the decline in low-income countries, cuts in foreign aid have fallen, things may get worse before they get better.
At what cost? UNESCO estimates education gap will last year SAP has about $10,000 in loss potential By 2030, the global economy will come from the global economy every year. With the future of kids, the bets won’t be higher.
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