Education changes society.
Give children the knowledge and skills they need to shape their future. It provides stability and structure, and a sense of protection, especially for children growing up through conflict and violence. Education plays an important role in challenging harmful social and gender norms.
Yet millions of children around the world are denied these rights and benefits. Some are unable to enroll in or attend school regularly due to financial constraints or additional barriers to access. Some are exposed to discrimination, unfair treatment, and even violence in and around schools.
UNICEF estimates that by 2030, hundreds of millions of children will be unable to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills. Millions more will be exposed to some form of violence in and around the classroom, often in countries where legal systems do not fully protect against corporal punishment.
Experiences of violence, discrimination and exclusion cause children around the world to skip classes or drop out of school altogether. This is often the case in areas where learning poverty rates are already high. And all too often, this happens because education systems inadvertently reproduce harmful norms, behaviors, and stereotypes that prevent society from being fair and thriving.
But when policymakers understand how children, parents, and school administrators experience the education system, they can design more effective policies and programs for safe and inclusive schools. Become.
UNICEF’s SBC approach to education examines all levels of the system to identify and address social, behavioral, and intersectional barriers to learning. By transcending resource constraints and creating safe and inclusive learning environments for all children, we will help decision-makers better understand why children are kept out of school or left out of learning. We will help you understand deeply.