Deprivation of 80% of Afghan refugee children from education in Pakistan

According to the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, An organization active in the education sector in Pakistan, known as “Al-Alan”, announced that 570,000 Afghan refugee children in camps and other areas of Pakistan are deprived of going to school. .

Omar Orakzai, one of the employees of this institution, said that in addition to these children, an estimated one million other refugee children who are not officially registered are deprived of education..

He stated that the lack of legal residence documents for refugee children outside the camp and the poverty of their families are the main reasons for the deprivation of these children from education. .

Orakzai said that poverty has caused children to work in restaurants, repair shops, workshops and other hard work to earn income for the family.

Currently, Afghan refugee children are working in passenger bus stations, coal mines and at Chaman-Spin-Boldek border crossings and Torkham border in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province..

“Imran Teker”, a children’s rights activist, also said about this that currently 80 % of Afghan refugee children are deprived of going to school, most of them are girls .

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