School closures push Rohingya refugee children into marriage and work:
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Education Collapse Drives Rohingya Children Into LabourFunding cuts shuttered thousands of schools, leaving over 227,500 Rohingya kids in Bangladesh’s camps without education.
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- Over 4,500 schools were shut down in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps due to funding shortfalls, depriving more than 227,500 Rohingya children of education.
- The lack of schooling has contributed to a 3% rise in child marriages and a 7% increase in child labor amid desperate survival tactics.
- UNHCR faces a $256 million funding gap and has received only 38% of needed aid, putting essential services for refugees at risk.
- Children are losing previously acquired knowledge and face bleak futures, risking the emergence of a lost generation without educational opportunities.
If I don’t go to school, how will I ever become a doctor?— Nahima Bibi, a nine-year-old girl in the refugee camp, expressing her concerns about her future.
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