Report
Education Cannot Wait (ECW)'s new report State of Education for Crisis-Affected Children and Adolescents: Access and Learning Outcomes, Global Estimates 2025 Update reveals that the number of school-aged children in crises worldwide requiring urgent support to access quality education has reached 234 million – an estimated increase of 35 million over the past three years.
Of these, 85 million are out of school. Refugees, internally displaced children, girls and children with disabilities remain among those most impacted by these intersecting crises. In humanitarian crises, access to quality education is not only a fundamental right – it is also lifesaving and life-sustaining. Education provides a sense of normalcy, critical protection and services, and restores hope amid the most challenging circumstances. Download the report