Climate change also threatens school education: according to Unicef, lessons were canceled last year for around 242 million students in 85 countries as a result of heat waves, hurricanes, floods and droughts. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Pakistan and the Philippines suffer the most.
The Children’s Fund of the United Nations (UNICEF) published a corresponding analysis on Friday on the International Day of Education in New York. The effects of ‘extreme climate events’ at school closures and significant disturbances of the school activities were investigated. Heat waves were a particularly great danger.
The climate puts schools under pressure around the world
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Pakistan and the Philippines suffered the most from “climate -related school interruptions”. According to the research, almost 74 percent of the affected students lived in low and lower mid-income countries, but no region was saved.
According to the analysis, South Asia was the most affected region, with 128 million students. In East Asia and the Pacific Ocean, the education of 50 million students was disrupted. The El Niño climate phenomenon has also had a devastating impact on Africa – with frequent heavy rainfall and floods in East Africa and serious droughts in parts of southern Africa, according to the report.
One in seven students is bothered by it
Italy was also struck in September by cropping rain and floods; The lessons were interrupted for more than 900,000 students. In Spain, lessons and young people were also deleted for flooding for 13,000 children and young people in October, it was said. Unicef director Catherine Russell said that last year one in seven students had to miss school because of storms.
According to Unicef, long -term school closures – especially in poorer regions – make it less likely that students return to the class, which increases the risk of child marriages and child labor. It has been proven that girls also run an increased risk of leaving the school or becoming the victim of gender -related violence during and after disasters.
Source: Krone
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