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No school for 3.7 million refugee children as financing falls short

Little more than 60% of all refugee children are able to go to primary schools, versus 90% among all children globally.

Lebanese teacher Nathalie Jaber helps a Syrian student at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan
Lebanese teacher Nathalie Jaber helps a Syrian student at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan (AN/U.K. DFID)

GENEVA (AN) — More than half the world’s 7.1 million school-age refugee children fail to receive a basic education due to host nations' lack of resources, the U.N. refugee agency said.

As many as 3.7 million refugee children between the ages of five to 18 are out of school, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported on Friday, pointing to a critical lack of money, classrooms and teachers.

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