a i WATCH DECEMBER 2019 ISBN: 978-1-6231-37861 “Are We Not Human?”: Denial of Education to Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh SUMMMALSY .......cccssssccnssccsscccesscnsscenssscnesseeesceensssseesccessconssssaescouesseeesscnessseesssoessenessesesseneseseoes 1 Rohingya Access to ECUuCAtION ............cssscssscccesscnessccesseccssccessccessecessenessecessenessecessenessenessenesseness 3 Denial of Education Justified by Threatened Repatriation to MYANMAT ............csssscccnsssccensees 6 Current Plans for Rohingya Children Fail to Fulfill Their Right to Education ................ccssseeee 8 Challenges in Ensuring EGUCAtION.............ccccsssscccsssccccssscccessscccnsssccceesscseesscsseasscseuesscseeeseees 9 What Needs to Be DOne..............ccsssscccsssscccnsssccccnsscccessecccassecccenseccsensceceasscecensesseeesessseeseees 11 RECOMMENCALIONS .............cssssccenssscccsssscesescccusescecesescccesceceaescccussscceuuseceneussceusesceeuuescenees 14 To the Government of Bangladesh: ............:cssssccsssseccccssecccsssecccssccccesecscassscecenscsccanscsscusscesenees 14 To UNICEF and the humanitarian education Sector in Cox’S BaZale..........cccscosscsssccssccsscesccesceess 15 To International Donors to the Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh:..............cccsseccseees 15 Methodology...........cscccsssscccssssccnsssccensssscessscceeessceneuscccueescecuusscccussecccessccceeessceeasscceeassceeees 17 Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh before AUQUSt 2017 ......ceecsssnneessssseeceeseeeseeocceesssseeesssseeseoes 19 Barriers to Education for Rohingya Children in Myanmar .............ccssscccsssscccssscccesssccceessceeeeseees 21 Lack of Education for Bangladeshi Children in Cox’sS BaZar...........cssscccssssccccssscccceseccceseececeeeees 26 ll. Barriers to Rohingya Children’s Right to EAUCAtION ...............cssecccssssssccceeessscecccnansssceeees 29 Ban on Formal, Certified EdUCAation ............cssssccsssscecssssccccsssceceesscecessceccessseneesesecavsvcecesseneessses 30 Initial Humanitarian EduUCAatiON RESPONSE ...........cccessscccsssscccssccccsscccessccceesscseessseseaeseesoes 34 Lack ofa Formal Curriculum for All Grades. ...........ccssscosssccnesccnsscenescesscenescenescenesceeesceecscens 35 An “Informal,” Inadequate Curriculum ............ccsssccsssccsssccnssccssceussccussccussceussceussceussceuescess 37 Discrimination in HOUTrS Of INStrUCTION.............cccsssconssccnssccnssccnsscensscenseccnsecensscensscensecensecens 39 CONCEMNS OVEF QUALITY ...........ccccccsssssscccceesssscccceeesssccecceasessceceuasssscceeueeesseceseuaseeeceseuaseseceses 40 Delays in Approval and Implementation..............sccssscssssccsssccnsscenssccnssccnsecensscensecensecensscens 41 Large Age Ranges in ClasS ............cccccsssscccsssccccessecccsssceccsscccensececansecccansceccnsesseeesssseascesees 42