Themetic: Education in Emergencies
Partner: University of Nairobi
Dubai Cares curated the “Secondary Education in Africa (SEA) Report” and its background paper on refugee education to inform policy dialogue and programming for adolescents in low-resource and crisis-affected contexts. Developed for the Mastercard Foundation’s flagship report, the paper examined how humanitarian emergencies impact access to and quality of secondary education, with case studies from Kenya and Uganda.
It identified key barriers—including cost, credentialing, language of instruction, safety (especially for girls), and teacher management—and recommended integrating refugees into national systems, creating flexible certified pathways, and strengthening teacher support. These insights shaped the SEA report’s recommendations and reinforced Dubai Cares’ advocacy for inclusive, equitable secondary education for displaced learners.