learning center instructor. “I can’t wait to be back to Myanmar, but if we must stay here for eight or ten years, Bangla will be very useful,” he said.175 Bangladeshi citizens working as instructors in learning centers also said Rohingya children wanted to learn Bengali, out of curiosity when their teachers used Bangla words, and because they wanted to be able to speak with the Bangladeshi children they interacted with in host communities.*76 Another teacher said her students “are eager to learn the Bangla language but the teachers are not allowed to teach it and are not even supposed to speak it, but some use formal Bangla words.”*77 Another Bangladeshi instructor said, Sometimes the children tell me, ‘Apu [Sister], we want to learn Bangla. We want to go to the Bangladeshi schools, as they have benches, table, chairs, books, and colorful uniforms.’ But we don’t have authorization to teach them any Bangla.178 Another Bangladeshi teacher in a learning center said of her Rohingya students, “it would be good if they go back to Myanmar, but until then, as long as they are in Bangladesh, they should learn Bangla. It can be an advantage for the kids to learn Bangla along with Burmese.”179 Lack of Secondary Education All children, including refugees, have the right to access secondary education on an equal basis without discrimination.18° UNHCR’s standard for education in emergencies provides that refugee children should “have access to primary, secondary or context-appropriate preparatory or accelerated education of good quality during the first phase of an emergency,” and that “refugee children and youth are able to participate in accredited 73 Human Rights Watch interview, Mohamad Siddiq, Cox’s Bazar, February 15, 2019. 176 Human Rights Watch interviews with instructor, learning center in camp 7, Cox’s Bazar, February 6, 2019. 177 Human Rights Watch interview, Yesmin Sultana, learning center in camp 11, Cox’s Bazar, February 5, 2019. 178 Human Rights Watch interview, Iffat Farjana, instructor at learning center in camp 7, Cox’s Bazar, February 6, 2019 179 Human Rights Watch interview with Ruma, learning center in the Cox’s Bazar camps, February 5, 2019. 180 See “International legal standards,” Section III. “ARE WE HUMAN?” 50