July 24, 2023 11:18 AM

3 lakh children enroll for 2023-24 school year in Rohingya refugee camps, Bangladesh

Against the odds of displacement, a record 3 lakh children are enrolled for the 2023-24 school year in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, reports UNICEF in a statement yesterday. The UN agency observed that despite fires burning down learning centres and wrath of Cyclone Mocha, classrooms in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh were filled up with children. On the first day of school, the children were excited. Thanks to expanded education opportunities for teenagers...