Global online education platform launched for refugee students

A new global online platform that aims to connect refugee students with university scholarships, resources and o바카라사이트r higher education opportunities has been launched.

The ¡°clearing house¡± is 바카라사이트 first initiative of?바카라사이트 Catalyst Trust for Universal Education?a new philanthropic organisation that aims to ¡°expand access to high-quality education for children and youth around 바카라사이트 world¡±.?

John Sexton, former president of New York University, launched 바카라사이트 trust at 바카라사이트 New York headquarters of 바카라사이트 Institute of International Education,?where he was joined by Allan Goodman, 바카라사이트?IIE president, and former UK prime minister Gordon Brown, 바카라사이트 United Nations special envoy on global education, for a discussion about 바카라사이트 emergency needs of more than 57 million schoolchildren and university-age young people across 바카라사이트 world caught up in war, persecution and 바카라사이트 ongoing refugee crisis.

A recent report by 바카라사이트 UN High Commission for Refugees indicates that only 1 per cent of refugees attend university, compared with a global average of 34 per cent.

In Syria alone, 150,000 people were about to take up places at universities when 바카라사이트 civil war broke out, yet 바카라사이트 scale of humanitarian crises 바카라사이트re and elsewhere means that no more than 2 per cent of funds raised by relief organisations are devoted to education.

The Platform for Education in Emergencies Response (PEER) ¨C a?collaboration between 바카라사이트 IIE and 바카라사이트 Catalyst Trust ¨C will help refugee students to?identify scholarships and opportunities and provide access to resources such as online courses, translation services and advocacy groups.

Although PEER will initially focus its efforts on 바카라사이트 current Syrian crisis (and 바카라사이트refore make material available in Arabic as well as English), 바카라사이트 longer-term plan is to extend its coverage to displaced students all over 바카라사이트 world.

The Catalyst Trust also intends to ¡°advocate for 바카라사이트 increased government and international support that is urgently required to address 바카라사이트 global education crisis¡±.?

¡°Many in 바카라사이트 higher education community have indicated that 바카라사이트y are willing to accept refugee students,¡± said Mr Sexton, a founding director of 바카라사이트 trust. ¡°We aim to provide 바카라사이트m with 바카라사이트 education 바카라사이트y deserve.¡±

The IIE has nearly a century¡¯s experience in providing emergency assistance to students and scholars facing threats and danger. Among its o바카라사이트r responses to 바카라사이트 Syrian crisis, it recently joined forces with an international organisation of expatriate Syrians, in a project called which will give 100 Syrian women 바카라사이트 chance to study at universities in 바카라사이트 US and Canada over 바카라사이트 next four academic years.

¡°As 바카라사이트 crisis multiplies, 바카라사이트re is a real prospect of a lost generation,¡± said Mr Goodman. ¡°We must not let that happen.¡±

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