Education & School Safety

The policy brief highlights the importance of rebuilding Syria’s education system to support recovery, social cohesion, and the reintegration of returning displaced families.

The study analyzes how the COVID-19 pandemic affected student learning in rural Pakistan by analysing test scores across more than 100 villages in Punjab to understand how school closures, health shocks, and income losses influenced learning outcomes.

Aim of the study is to explore the experiences of earthquake-affected preschool as they returned to their profession following the devastating February 6, 2023, earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş in Turkiye.

This paper reports on the recommendations that arose from the mixed-methods exploration and pilot interventions carried out for the resilient recovery around water, sanitation and hygiene of schools three years post-disaster.

This systematic review provides insights on the effects of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic and of measures to reduce learning loss while schools were closed.

This case study accounts for local practice influencing recovery through interviews with stakeholders involved in post-disaster management in the region.

The policy note outlines Türkiye's strategy for rebuilding its education system after the 2023 earthquakes, focusing on early childhood education, resilient school infrastructure, and inclusive policies to address ongoing challenges and inequalities.

The report examines what countries are doing to recover and accelerate learning, and how they are doing it, studying over 60 education systems after the COVID-19 pandemic.

This article reports on a decade of research undertaken by the author on the role of schools in disaster response and recovery across four different disaster types in five countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

These guidelines are intended to help Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to reopen schools and keep them open for safe in-person education.