/ Conclusion States bear the primary responsibility to ensure inclusive and equitable access to education to all children within their jurisdiction. Yet countless children around the world remain out of school due to their lack of nationality and the knock-on effects of statelessness on their legal status and access to identity documents. Even when stateless children are initially granted access to school, their studies are often disrupted due to demands for proof of nationality or identity documentation, which re-occur at various stages during their educational journey. Each interruption marks a significant setback for stateless children and frequently leads to abandonment of studies altogether. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has stated that statelessness is never in a child’s best interests,23 and the global pandemic reminded us that school disruptions lead to anxiety, depression and irrecoverable learning loss in children. As such, there is a need to treat the protection of every child’s right to nationality with far greater urgency, while taking immediate and decisive steps to guarantee uninterrupted access to education for stateless children, while their nationality issues are being resolved. States are failing to meet their obligations to guarantee unrestricted access to education for all children within their borders. Despite promises made in multilateral spaces, the reality on the ground tells a different story. Stateless children are being left behind, and without urgent action, this crisis will only deepen. Grassroots organizations have stepped in to fill the gaps, but their efforts alone are not enough. Now is the time to amplify action and push for real change, and the Awareness Month demonstrated that a concerted and collaborative effort is possible. The recommendations articulated the Open Letter on Inclusive Education outline further concrete steps to address these challenges and ensure every child’s right to education is upheld. 17