Aid groups in the Rohingya refugee camps are slowly building an education system for 300,000 children in Bangladesh.
Rohingya Refugees Lack Schools, Qualified Teachers
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Shamsuddin, a Rohingya refugee himself, teaches Burmese language to Rohingya children. Like many of the teachers in the refugee camps he has only finished high school.
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Only about two-thirds of the Rohingya refugees ages 4 to 14 have access to education. Few refugees older than 14 have it.
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Sixty-five percent of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh ages 4 to 14 have not even reached the academic level of a first grader.
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UNICEF and non-government organizations have built about 2,000 learning centers in the refugee camps and plan on having another 500 running by the end of this year.