In post-flood Pakistan, temporary learning centres offer education amid uncertainty
With UNICEF support, a Temporary Learning Centre (TLC), or emergency tent school, has been established in the camp. One of her brothers is a regular attendee, and Luxmi has started going as well. It is the first chance she has had to go to school, and it is opening up possibilities that were previously unimaginable.
“I want to learn more. When I grow up, I can start working like girls in the cities,” she said. ”Maybe I can become a teacher. But it is difficult. I have only just learnt my alphabet and counting.”
With 60 per cent of schools in affected areas damaged, UNICEF has established 2,070 TLCs, benefiting over 100,000 children in Sindh and Balochistan. Intended to ensure that education is not interrupted, the TLCs have also attracted over 39,000 children to school for the first time, including 16,000 (via In post-flood Pakistan, temporary learning centres offer education amid uncertainty | Back on Track)
[ETHIOPIA] Parts of Ethiopia are still reeling from the effects of recent drought, flooding, conflict or a combination of the three, resulting in increased numbers of children dropping out of school, say officials. At least 385,000 school-children need “emergency education assistance this school year”, Alexandra Westerbeek, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) communication manager in Ethiopia, told IRIN. “In addition, 70,000 children among [the] refugee population also need emergency education assistance.
In Bangladesh, a UNICEF-supported programme helps children stay in school
[PAKISTAN] United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has planned to establish 1,550 Temporary Learning Centres (TLCs) in the flood-affected areas. According to UNICEF Progress Report 2010, UNICEF took detailed assessments of school facilities and staff capacity. In total, 150,200 women and children in flood-affected districts across the country benefitted from assorted school supplies, including tents, the report said.
UNICEF has sent 2,600 tables and 2,500 chairs to flood affected districts as well as 930 temporary school in a box kits, 1,200 recreation kits and assorted stationary, including individual school kits and bags.
![[CAMBODIA] Schools damaged in Cambodia’s worst monsoons in more than a decade may take up to a year to recover after flooding delayed the start of school for thousands of students nationwide, say aid workers and officials.
As of late October, 323 schools out of 1,400 damaged ones were closed; some have since reopened. Though flood waters have receded, how well those schools are functioning and how many remain closed is still unknown, as the government continues its damage assessments in a dozen flood-hit provinces.
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[CAMBODIA] Schools damaged in Cambodia’s worst monsoons in more than a decade may take up to a year to recover after flooding delayed the start of school for thousands of students nationwide, say aid workers and officials.
As of late October, 323 schools out of 1,400 damaged ones were closed; some have since reopened. Though flood waters have receded, how well those schools are functioning and how many remain closed is still unknown, as the government continues its damage assessments in a dozen flood-hit provinces.
In Angola, school readiness – getting children, families and schools ready for school – remains a crucial issue. Only 9.3 per cent of children attend preschool programmes, and families do not have access to the knowledge and support they need to support early learning at home.
Last year, UNICEF and Angola’s Ministry of Education drafted a road map for the development of a national early childhood development policy. They outlined technical requirements and the recruitment of national and international teams to support the policy formulation process in 2011.
(via Effective policies give children in Angola a second chance to learn | Back on Track)
