Multi-stakeholder pledges - GCR Objective 2

Multi-stakeholder Pledge: Securing Sustainable Futures - Towards a Shared Responsibility to Uphold the Right to Education and Include Refugee Children in National Education Systems

Vision: All refugee children have access to safe, quality, and relevant education opportunities and are included in national education systems.¹

Key outcome

Ensure that all refugee children realize their right to a quality education and are included in national education systems, which are adequately supported to cater to the needs of both host community and refugee children: and that temporary education programmes, when needed, are designed, and implemented to support a transition into the national education system.

Background

Of the almost 15.5 million refugee children worldwide, more than half are not in school, with significant additional challenges for girls, children with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups. The scale and increasingly protracted nature of displacement makes it critical to act so that refugee children can realize their right to education.

Access to inclusive and equitable quality education creates opportunities for employment and self-reliance, the ability to contribute to host country economies, and to eventually return to origin countries or resettle to third countries. It is also critical for stability and social cohesion in host countries, and for peacebuilding in countries of origin.

Including refugee children in national education systems is the most sustainable way to achieve scale. It represents a long-term investment and a more socially inclusive approach than through parallel provision. Investing in capacities of the national education system increases overall access, quality and resilience benefiting all learners.

Pledge description

Approach

This pledge for refugee-inclusive education requires a significant shift in the approach of host governments, donors, and their partners.

Host governments can make policy related pledges (on reforms and/ or implementation) that will expand national education systems as needed to include refugee children in certified learning opportunities. Donors and other partners can make pledges that include multi-year financial, policy, and/or technical support to cover the additional costs (including operating costs) related to the inclusion of refugee children and/or to help strengthen national systems.

Where circumstances do not allow for full inclusion of refugee children in national systems, temporary education programmes which support transition are needed. Host government, donors, and partners can pledge to design and implement such programs in a manner that prepares for their eventual inclusion in national education systems, and to carry out such transition as soon as reasonably possible. Host government, donors, and partners can also pledge to provide such programs with adequate financial and technical support.

Measurement

This pledge will be measured using the SDG 4 national targets, that apply to both refugees and host communities with a focus on increased inclusion in national systems, better learning outcomes, and enhanced gender equity. By the GRF 2027 there will be improvements in formal school access rates with improved gender parity and learning being measured, at the early childhood, primary, and secondary levels. Post-secondary education is differently structured and funded under national systems, but the global goal is to increase tertiary enrolment from 6% to 10% (under the 15by30 campaign).

¹ Inclusion refers to refugee children attending schools that are (i) part of the host country’s national public education system (e.g., curriculum, teachers’ qualifications, and oversight mechanisms), (ii) funded through government channels, and (iii) attended by both refugee and host community children together.

Related pledges to match

GRF-00406 - Government of Chad - Renforcer le processus d’intégration des réfugiés dans tous les niveaux du système éducatif par l’inclusion des réfugiés dans la loi nationale de l’éducation, la poursuite de l’affectation d’enseignants tchadiens dans les écoles des camps, et la reprise de la gestion de tous les établissements des camps et sites de réfugiés officialisés par l’Etat Strengthen the process of integrating refugees into all levels of the education system by including refugees in the national education law, continuing to assign Chadian teachers to camp schools, and resuming the management of all the schools in refugee camps and sites recognised by the State.. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00420 - Government of Costa Rica - Acceso e Integración de la población migrante, refugiada y solicitante de refugio al sistema educativo costarricense / Access to and integration into the Costa Rican education system for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00459 - Government of Djibouti - Provide refugees with technical and vocational training to improve their socio-economic integration. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00460 - Government of Djibouti - Train and provide certification for refugee teachers and progressively include their remuneration in the national budget.. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00474 - Government of Egypt - Continue providing refugee children with access to education; commitment to ensuring access to education for refugee children within national education system in line with national education strategy for 2030; new national asylum law will consolidate framework for provision of education for refugees. Noting the example of Egypt’s integration of Syrian refugee children in their public education systems, requests for financial commitment. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00475 - Government of Egypt - Enhanced opportunities in Education: high quality education system to all, but inclusion puts increased pressure. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00479 - Government of El Salvador - Addressing the educational needs of displaced boys and girls, adolescents and youth, through psychosocial care and prevention of the risk of dropping out of school, including teachers in high-risk situations. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00506 - Government of Kenya - Strengthening support to refugee and hosting communities education. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00515 - Government of Ethiopia - Provide equitable, quality and accredited skills training to 20,000 host and refugees. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00535 - Government of Georgia - Enhanced access to education services for refugees and humanitarian status holders. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00577 - Government of Guatemala - Coordinar acciones con autoridades e instituciones educativas locales para la inclusión e inserción de NNA y jóvenes al Sistema Educativo Nacional / Coordinate actions with local authorities and educational institutions for the inclusion and integration of children, adolescents and young people into the National Education System. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00658 - Government of Indonesia - Provide access to basic and secondary education for refugee children. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00506 - Government of Kenya - Strengthening support to refugee and hosting communities education. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00704 - Government of Namibia – Education. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00750 - Government of Sudan - Integrate refugee education in the national education system in a gradual manner. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00779 - Government of Nigeria - Nigeria pledges to include refugees, IDPs, returnees and their host communities in National Government development plans. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00913 - Government of Rwanda - Expand technical and vocational education and training to benefit 30 % of refugees and host communities by constructing or upgrading TVET infrastructure in refugee hosting districts, equipping them, and allocating scholastic materials. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00918 - Government of Rwanda - Improve the quality of education by upgrading school infrastructure in refugee hosting districts, equipping them and allocating scholastic materials to accommodate refugees and the host community. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00750 - Government of Sudan - Integrate refugee education in the national education system in a gradual manner. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-00223 - Government of Türkiye - New schools will be constructed under FRIT II fund provided by EU Delegation to Turkey. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-01002 - Government of Türkiye - Increased access to TVET institutions for refugees and host community children. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-01004 - Government of Türkiye - Increasing the Number of Syrian and the Host Community Children Provided with Early Childhood Education Services in Turkey. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-01005 - Government of Türkiye - Construction of new schools for Syrian Kids to provide quality education. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-01018 - Government of Uganda - Promote access, quality and inclusiveness of the national education system for refugees and host communities. Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-01032 - Government of Zambia - Pledge in the Area of Education (1). Find out more about matching this pledge.

GRF-01050 - Government of Zimbabwe - Increase access to tertiary education for refugees, asylum seekers and host community. Find out more about matching this pledge.