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BACKGROUND
In 2023, approximately 4.8 million school-aged children across Somalia lacked access to protective quality education. The main barriers restricting access to education are the cost of education and the lack of available education services, which disproportionately affect children displaced by conflict. Indeed, of the estimated 1.7 million children who are internally displaced within Somalia, approximately 63% have no access to learning, with the newly displaced facing the most severe restrictions in accessing education. Lack of access to education results in permanent harm to children and exposes them to a wide range of protection risks leading to a vicious cycle of poverty and vulnerability.
Education in Emergencies remains chronically underfunded in the face of increasing needs and requires a sustained political and financial commitment to ensure children are enabled to fulfill their right to education.