ABSTRACT
Education is a basic human right and among the highest priorities for refugees worldwide, yet it is one of the most difficult rights to ensure. Access to learning for this vulnerable group is limited, with only about half of all refugee children enrolled in primary education, a quarter of the potential cohort in secondary, and barely 1 percent in higher education. With roughly 30 million young people currently living in crisis situations, the issue of refugee education assumes new urgency. This chapter gives an overview of the present situation, placing it within the broader education inclusion discourse, and focuses on the factors involved in refugee education globally. It provides a conceptual framework for analysing these and explores obstacles to and critical supports for education delivery, using illustrative examples from different regions and circumstances to inform policy formulation and humanitarian development.
