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UNICEF report on Education
February 23 , 2025
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- The report titled, “Learning Interrupted: The Global Snapshot of Climate-Related School Disruptions in 2024”, was released by UNICEF.
- At least 242 million students from pre-primary to the upper secondary education have experienced school disruptions due to climate events in 2024.
- The report identified 119 climate hazards that led to school disruptions.
- Heat waves caused the most disruptions, impacting at least 171 million children.
- Over 118 million students were impacted in April alone.
- The Nationwide school disruptions in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and the Philippines disrupted schooling for over 63 million children.
- Tropical cyclones affected 18 million students in September.
- In Zimbabwe, a prolonged drought impacted schooling for 1.8 million children in 2024.
- South Asia was the most affected region in 2024 with 127,845,148 students are affected by climate-related school disruptions.
- The majority, 54 million, were in India and most of them were hit by heat waves, which also affected 35 million in Bangladesh.
- The West and Central Africa, and the Eastern and Southern Africa has primarily experienced flood-related disruptions impacting around 12 million and 8 million students, respectively.
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