Schools can play a big role in tackling Somalia's crisis, say aid groups
Aid agencies are calling for schools to be put at the centre of the relief effort in Somalia, as drought and famine threaten the country's vulnerable education system
Claire Provost
Hundreds of thousands of Somali schoolchildren are expected to drop out or fail to return to classrooms in September, according to Unicef and a group of 13 other aid organisations, raising fears that the unfolding humanitarian crisis could have severe and potentially long-term effects on an already fragile education system weakened by decades of prolongued conflict and chronic underfunding.
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