Sep 10, Kathmandu- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has reported that significant progress has been made in refugee education and enrollment worldwide, but nearly half of the world's 14.8 million school-age refugee children are still out of school.

According to the refugee education report released by UNHCR this year, data from 65 refugee-hosting countries show that around 7.2 million refugee children are deprived of education due to insecurity, lack of inclusive education policies, ability and language barriers.

The report shows that the average total enrollment rate of refugees for the academic year 2022-23 is 37 percent at the pre-primary level, 65 percent at the primary level, and 42 percent at the secondary level.

Despite various obstacles in refugee education, UNHCR has confirmed that promising progress has been made in the past five years. A new report indicates that access to education for refugees has expanded in some major host countries. Furthermore, although few refugees are included in the national examination, the pass rate is high and sometimes even higher than the national average.

UNHCR calls on host states, governments, donors and partners to continue sustainable international cooperation and innovative partnerships to address refugees' right to education by 2030.