Report: Education Under Attack 2018

A Global Study of Attacks on Schools, Universities, their Students and Staff, 2013-2017

…Whenever I think of that horrible night, I pray for the safety of every student at school everywhere. I know what it feels like—it doesn’t feel good at all— when all you ever wanted was to study and achieve your dream, and then all of a sudden, in just a few minutes, your hopes and dreams fall like a leaf from a tree.

In countries across the globe from Afghanistan to Colombia to India to Mali to Turkey to Yemen and on, students, teachers, and educational facilities are under siege. Targeted killings, rape, abduction, child recruitment, intimidation, threats, military occupation, and destruction of property are just some of the ways in which education is being attacked.

Between 2013 and 2017, there were more than 12,700 attacks, harming more than 21,000 students and educators in at least 70 countries. In 28 countries profiled in this report, at least 20 attacks on education occurred over the last 5 years.

What are Attacks on Education?

An attack on education can take many forms. Students have been blocked from accessing their schools. Students and educators at all levels of education have been deliberately or indiscriminately killed, maimed, or traumatized. Schools and universities have been destroyed or damaged. This report looks at this violence and the use of force against people, buildings, and resources.

GCPEA defines attacks on education as any threatened or actual use of force against students, teachers, academics, education support and transport staff (e.g., janitors, bus drivers), or education officials, as well as attacks on education buildings, resources, material, or facilities (including school buses). These actions may occur for political, military, ideological, sectarian, ethnic, or religious reasons.

Attacks on education kill and injure, lead to student drop out, the loss of teachers, extended school and university closures. They diminish the quality of education and have devastating and longterm consequences for society.X

Descargar Repport: https://www.savethechildren.org/content/dam/usa/reports/ed-cp/education-under-attack-2018-full-report.pdf

Fuente: http://eua2018.protectingeducation.org/