Children, adolescents, and youth in emergency contexts face numerous challenges in accessing and obtaining a quality education. In the ongoing global quest to find ‘New Ways of Working’ that bridge humanitarian action, development, peace and security, a focus on supporting learners is needed. How can learning acquired during conflict, crisis, or displacement be validated over the longer-term and across different regions? So far, this has involved strategies to: Ensure access to national education systems through flexible ID/documentation requirements for refugees, internally displaced persons and returnees Facilitate access to national examinations Develop regional and national policies to recognize learners’ qualifications (recognition,…
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