In celebration of the International Day of Peace, the Rohingya camp-based rights group, Rohingya Human Rights Center released the report today, titled What’s Next? Scale-up for Rohingya Education: Certification and Funding, which contains findings from the field research on the current status of education in the camps and offers recommendations to boost up further positive changes.
In the report, it is revealed that 70% of the respondents surveyed are not satisfactory in the camp education. The report says that Rohingya children have suffered from insufficient education since their influx in 2017 because of ineffective the camp learning program, covid-19 shutdown, the ban on private teaching, low class quality, girl students’ lower access to learning program, and lack of international funds.
Despite the recent transition to Myanmar curriculum scale-up program, further efforts are needed to improve the quality of education. First of all, the certification issue still remains unresolved. Parents and teachers are concerned that Rohingya students may have to start from Grade1 or give up educational opportunities in other countries without certification.
The government of Bangladesh and the NUG of Myanmar should ensure that Rohingya receive a formal certificate upon completion of their education through bilateral Agreement.
Second, the report highlights the funding shortage in education. In 2021 alone, 30% out of the total target amount were raised and only 9% have been reached as of now this year. This significant gap in funding has led to a dire learning environment. The international community should keep its pledge and increase its humanitarian aid and financial support to provide Rohingya children with quality certified education.
Based on the finding, the Rohingya Human Rights Center launches on-line campaign with the purpose of submitting petition letters to stakeholders of the camp educations including UN agencies, the government of Bangladesh, NUG of Myanmar, and donor countries. The campaign targets to collect 25,000 signatories through this link: Campaign Page
Kyaw Win, Director from Rohingya Human Rights Center said,
“Rohingya people have been deprived of their rights to education in Myanmar and in Bangladesh camps for decades which made them educationally cripple and become a burden and reliant on others. It is indeed a matter of regret that only the Rohingya children have been deprived of their rights to education both in Myanmar and Bangladesh camps.”
“As education is a basic human right, education for Rohingya children must be ensured. The Rohingya children will one day become an asset rather than becoming a burden that can bring changes in the development of any country in the world if they are given the chance or platform to be so.”
“The international community and powerful bodies should come forward with diplomatic and international support for the Rohingya education. I do hope that the government of Bangladesh which signed the “International Convention on the Rights of Child on 26th January 1990 and NUG of Myanmar will end racism and discriminations against Rohingya and allow the Rohingya children to receive certified quality education.”
About Rohingya Human Rights Center
Rohingya Human Rights Center is a Non-Profit Organization based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. RHRC defends the rights of the Rohingya community whose citizenship rights are denied and seeks justice for Rohingya people and marginalized minority groups in Rakhine and other States in Myanmar. RHRC monitors and documents human rights abuses and advocates rights of the persecuted ethnic minorities including Rohingya.
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