as education,” among others.289 Also, the World Bank, as well as other funders and
humanitarian actors, has endorsed the “Education Charter for Action,” which restates
commitments under the Global Compact for Refugees to “provide quality primary and
secondary education in safe learning environments for all refugee children, and to do so
within a few months of the initial displacement,” and to “promote tertiary education, skills
training and vocational education,” and in this regard, “to turn our promises into tangible
changes for refugees; in long-term plans that we invest in, implement and review in
collaboration with host countries.”29° Consistent with its inclusion policy, the World Bank
stated that as part of its fulfillment of the commitment to “support the inclusion of
refugees in national education systems,” it is investing in education in Bangladesh, among
other countries, and will help these governments “develop strategic education sector
plans that include displaced populations and cover education services at all levels, from
early childhood education to tertiary and adult education.”2%
The World Bank approved two large loans to benefit education for Bangladeshi children in
2017. Due to the Bangladesh government’s restrictions, the “registered” Rohingya refugee
children who were already in Bangladesh, as well as the children who fled after August
2017, will not benefit from a $700 million World Bank loan, repayable at o percent interest
over 38 years, to establish learning centers for 1 million out-of-school Bangladeshi
children and provide them with a pathway to formal primary education.292 Because
Bangladesh bars Rohingya children from attending public or private secondary schools,
they will also be excluded from a “Program for Results” project supported with $510
million in World Bank funding, intended to benefit 13 million Bangladeshi secondaryschool students.293 The World Bank’s “inclusion” policy does not apply to these loans,
289 Environmental and Social Framework, World Bank, 2016, p. 1,
http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/837721522762050108/Environmental-and-Social-Framework.pdf (accessed September 15,
2019).
29° High Level Meeting on Action for Refugee Education, “Education Charter for Action,”
https://www.actionforrefugeeeducation.net/charter-for-action (accessed September 3, 2019).
291 World Bank, “Commitments,” High Level Meeting on Action for Refugee Education, p. 1,
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5bo0e973917ee4023caf5f4/t/5sbaa77af24a69467b83e9eea/1537898418369/Worl
d+Bank+Commitments+on+Action+for+Refugee+Education.pdf (accessed September 3, 2019).
292 “World Bank Provides $700 Million to Improve Primary Education in Bangladesh,” World Bank, June 14, 2018,
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/06/14/world-bank-provides-700-million-to-improve-primaryeducation-in-bangladesh; see also http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/121231568368848062/pdf/Bangladesh-
Quality-Learning-for-All-Program-Fulfilling-Educations-Promise.pdf (accessed September 29, 2019).
293 “Bangladesh: World Bank Provides $510 Million to Improve Secondary Education,” World Bank, August 13, 2018,
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/08/13/bangladesh-world-bank-provides-510-million-to-improvesecondary-education (accessed July 29, 2019); “International Development Association Program Appraisal Document on a
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