Education Patterns in the Context of an Emergency

Author(s)
Dupree, N.H.
Publication language
English
Pages
5pp
Date published
01 Oct 1998
Publisher
Refuge, Vol. 17, No. 4
Type
Articles
Keywords
Education, Development & humanitarian aid, Protection, human rights & security
Countries
Afghanistan

 Education in Afghanistan is in crisis. This discussion examines the context that structures the Afghan crisis. Amongst the vast plentitude of challenges confronting Afghanistan today, those in educationare the mostparadoxical. On the one hand, one is told that education forms the foundation upon which all reconstruction rests. On the other hand, education remains the most
severely underfunded sector in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.