Introduction to War, Mobility, Displacement and Their Impact on Higher Education

Abstract

Many vulnerable children are suffering from man-made war crimes in Afghanistan, Ukraine, Sudan, Syria, Yemen, and other places. Displacement tracking matrix flow’s data has never stopped counting the number of people who have left their country due to war, internal conflicts, attacks from other nations, or natural disasters. The children, while suffering from diseases and malnutrition, are left homeless or exiled to another country due to incessant socio-political issues in their homeland. Any emergency in a country is liable to cause major disruption in the entire education system. While humanitarian aid focuses on health, medical aid, shelter, and food supply, education is given the last priority. In most cases, students have left their home country in search of refuge, and months and years pass trying to secure a safe abode. It is only then that they start thinking of education. In countries of chronic conflict, the economy deteriorates, and governments are not able to support education, which then becomes dependent on charitable donations from aid agencies and philanthropists. Security concerns deter students from attending regular schools and in countries like Afghanistan education and its accessibility are segregated based on gender. This book volume highlights some of the pertinent issues of education in emergency and several case studies from around the world have been put together to discuss the best practices that have been implemented to continue providing education to children in emergency.

Citation

Sengupta, E. (2024), "Introduction to War, Mobility, Displacement and Their Impact on Higher Education", Sengupta, E. (Ed.) War, Mobility, Displacement and Their Impact on Higher Education (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 55), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120240000055001