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The students are all Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh from neighboring Myanmar. Nine-year-old Ruksana says she hopes to become a teacher herself one day.

An in-depth look at how the deadly storm and flooding has disrupted the schooling of half a million children in southeast Africa - and the efforts to rebuild.   First comes the shock and the terror. Then the fight for survival - to find food, water and shelter, and to avoid diseases. But in the wake of a natural disaster, children very quickly need protection and education.

Psychologists find that story time can build the strong relationships they need for healthy development.  As the war in Syria has uprooted lives by the millions, humanitarian organizations have worked to supply food, shelter and medical relief. These services are a lifeline for millions, and it’s a herculean task to fulfill them on the scale that refugee crises demand.

Greece is trying to offer education to young refugees on the Aegean Islands. However, getting children into classes is proving difficult. The already thin resources are being stretched too far, say locals, while refugee parents are wary of Greek schools. Al Jazeera's John Psaropoulos reports from the Island of Samos.

Education Cannot Wait joins forces with the Islamic Development Bank to address the challenge of 28 million out-of-school children in OIC Member countries.

UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Launches New Initiative to Improve Awareness and Action to Protect Boys and Girls Affected By Armed Conflict The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms.

A report released last month has confirmed what has long been suspected—that the educational pipeline in Jordan and Lebanon has collapsed.