Norwegian Refugee Council Afghanistan, utbildning i konflikt 2018-2022 Norwegian Refugee Council Afghanistan, education in emergencies 2018-2022 - Norwegian Refugee Council NRC education, new strategi Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) har överlämnat ett förslag till Sida om finansiering på 47 MSEK för att stödja programmet 'Catching-up from Conflict and Back to School- Accelerated Education and Reintegration for displaced Out-of-School Afghan Boys and Girls' under perioden december 2018 till maj 2022. 

Det övergripande syftet med insatsen är att ge utbildning till pojkar och flickor i åldrarna 10-15 och deras syskon (6-10 år) som inte har haft chans att gå i skolan eller tvingats hoppa av på grund av konflikten eller tvingats på flykt. NRC kommer genom sitt projekt förse pojkar och flickor med utbildning i områden med många internflyktingar och återvändande flyktingar i Afghanistan. Även barn från värd-samhällena kommer att inkluderas i projektet. 

Projektet integrerar aspekter av barnskydd (child protection) och psykosocialt stöd genom sitt Better Learning Programme (BLP). Programmet ämnar även att bygga resiliens i samhället genom att stärka samarbetet mellan lärare, föräldrar och medlemmar av samhället för att stödja studenternas välbefinnande. Inom projektet kommer NRC utföra mindre renoveringar främst inom vatten och sanitet för att göra skolorna säkrare och mer gender-sensitiva. 

Gender tas även i beaktande vad gäller rekrytering av lärare, klassrum för flickor och fokus på att flickor får fullfölja sin utbildning. Projektet engageras i policydialogen om re-integrering av internflyktingar i det nationella utbildningssystemet. Norwegian refugee Council (NRC) has provided Sida with a proposal for funding of 47 MSEK for the support to the project 'Catching-up from Conflict and Back to School- Accelerated Education and Reintegration for displaced Out-of-School Afghan Boys and Girls' during the period December 2018- May 2022. 

NRC will enable education for young children (boys and girls) aged 10-15, and in addition their siblings aged 6-10, who because of conflict or forced displacement have not had a chance to acquire education. NRC will through the project "Catching-up from Conflict and Back to School – Accelerating Education and Reintegration for Displaced, Out-of-School Afghan Boys and Girls" provide accelerated learning and community-based education in high IDP and returnee-hosting areas in Afghanistan. Also out of school children from the host communities who are aged 6-15 will be beneficiaries of the programme.

It proposes integrating child protection and psychosocial measures through the Better Learning Programme (BLP). The programme aims to build resilience in the school community by strengthening collaboration between teachers, parents and community members in order to support students’ well-being. 

Within the programme NRC proposes minor rehabilitation in terms of water and sanitation facilities to learning spaces to make them safer and more gender sensitive with respect to washroom facilities, for example. The programme itself is also gender sensitive in terms of teacher recruitment, provision of female only learning spaces, where necessary, to ensure that girls do not drop out during the programme cycle. The programme further allows for policy engagement for the educational and psychosocial reintegration of conflict-displaced Afghan boys and girls into public education and society. The overall goal of the intervention is to contribute to ensure that the right to quality education for vulnerable, displacement-affected Afghan boys and girls is fulfilled in a safe and dignified learning environment.

With an objective to ensure displaced, out-of-school Afghan boys and girls receive the opportunity to develop academic and psychosocial skills, the program will provide access to quality education through accelerated learning and community-based education in a protective environment. The intervention also focuses on improvement of learning spaces (in terms of minor rehabilitation; water and sanitation facilities). The intervention further allows for policy engagement for the educational and psychosocial reintegration of conflict-displaced Afghan boys and girls into public education and society.

The following outcome and outputs are envisaged through the program:

Outcome: Vulnerable, displacement-affected children and youth have access to quality education in a protective environment.

Output 1: Boys and girls receive the opportunity to develop academic and life skills through accelerated learning and community-based education.

Output 2: Displacement-affected boys and girls benefit from integrated child protection and life skills.

Output 3: Education in Emergencies (EiE) response mechanisms are established, including facilitation of teachers training.

Output 4: Displacement-affected boys and girls benefit from upgrade of community learning spaces.

The programme consists of four components: (1) Accelerated Learning and Community-based Education; (2) Integrated Child Protection and Life Skills; (3) Educational Systems Support, Including Teachers Training; and (4) Upgrade of Community Learning Spaces.