[UNHCR] Education for Refugees

Written by Yonhap News Agency

The UNHCR has plans to provide education for refugees. 

The Yonhap News Agency hopes to further support it, as South Korea has accepted a refugees law, and wishes to help educate the refugees living in the country. 

As claimed by UNHCR, Providing education for the refugees is important as it not only allows them to ease the burden on the host country, it will also help make sure that this can be a potential solution to solving abuse and exploitation in the long run. 

Making sure the school syllabus is up to date as the US school syllabus. 

The delegate of Germany proposed on how to get the education. Is by the refugees themselves showing interest, volunteering in studying. They will be well interested and invested into this, and doing their best to learn. Education will not be given to those who show no interest as it will only serve to waste resources given to them. 

To encourage more refugees to be willing to study, the delegate of Germany suggested letting the refugees be aware of the benefits of receiving education. Where they would be given more job opportunities with higher salary, and they are able to be recognised in the society. 

The delegate of Norway believes it is very important in improving the life of the refugees. As it should be available to both young children and young adults that are capable of working. 

For young children, it is best for them to receive both primary and secondary education, targeted in entering the host country's economy. 

For young adults, to become teachers or help cook meals for the existing refugees, this will help increase reliance on international aid and help these refugee communities to become more resilient and combat their current living situation. 

Additionally, these young adults can also be trained to be state Social workers. 

Where these Social workers can help convince the refugees around them to recognise their human rights and hopefully reduce the amount of physical and social abuse happening. 

Another delegate suggested making education mandatory for all below 18 on their rights, like a month or a week beforehand. Helping them address abuse, giving them a consent place where they can report any abuse or exploitation. There should not be an optional system like how Germany proposed. 

For the school syllabus, a delegate propose it to be focus on the basics, like calculation and speaking clearly. Forming the basic as a foundation to be open to more jobs opportunities, increasing chances of getting a good job. 

The syllabus should also help them to recognise different abuse and exploitation so that they are aware on how to avoid or protect themselves from it. 

A different delegate agrees that the syllabus should be focus on the basics, along with knowing to recognise different abuse and exploitation issue. 

The delegate also wishes to propose the idea of a joint effort under UNHCR can help the rights to education but not focus too in depth on math and science which is quite universal and can be covered by international body that are well established such as the US that has the resources to do so. 

For the more contextual subject such as history, and the language of host country can be covered by the host country itself.