UNHCR – Pathways to Education Jobs for Refugee Graduates under New Partnership UNHCR and Teach For All

UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the global network Teach For All are teaming up to support employment in education for refugee university graduates through a network of scholarship programs. The partnership will support the inclusion of refugees in host communities. ‘

According to the World Bank, the economic returns to university attendance are the highest in the education system with an average increase of 17 percent in income per year of schooling. As part of this partnership, graduates supported by UNHCR’s flagship graduate scholarship program, DAFI – the German Albert Einstein University Refugee Initiative – will have a path to employment through a Development Fellowship of teaching and leadership with Teach For All.

“This exciting partnership with Teach for All will help refugee graduates make the transition to the workforce and realize their immense potential as active members of their host communities,” said Rebecca Telford, Education Manager of UNHCR.

Globally, only 3% of young refugees are currently enrolled in higher education. Through the DAFI program, UNHCR is helping refugees enroll in public higher education institutions around the world, as part of its goal of enrolling 15% of young refugee women and men in education. higher by 2030 – the 15by30 target. This goal is aligned with the goals of the Global Compact on Refugees and is in line with the commitment to “leave no one behind” in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The collaboration will enable Teach For All’s network of partner organizations in refugee-receiving countries to include refugee graduates in their cohorts of teachers and develop them as inspiring class leaders. It will be piloted in several African countries with the aim of extending to other countries where Teach For All partner organizations work.

Employment opportunities such as those provided by the Teach For All network are essential for advancing the full social and economic inclusion of refugees who have obtained an undergraduate degree and who have valuable skills and talents to bring to the profession. teacher.

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About Teaching for All

Teach For All is a global network of 60 independent, locally led and governed partner organizations and a global organization that works to accelerate the network’s progress. Each network partner recruits and trains promising future leaders to teach in underprivileged schools and communities in their country and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, to ensure that all children are able to reach their potential. The worldwide organization of Teach For All strives to increase the impact of the network by supporting the development of new organizations; foster network connectivity and learning; provide coaching and advice; and enable access to global resources for the benefit of the network.

Teach For All strives to ensure that all children, regardless of nationality, origin or socio-political challenges in their country, have the opportunity to obtain an excellent education. Teach For All supports children affected by crisis through a variety of strategies and activities, including providing long-term support to communities affected by emergencies and supporting adolescents and young people, who are not. often not affected by education in emergency response. To learn more about the Teach For All network’s approach to education in emergencies, please visit: https://teachforall.org/education-emergencies

For more information, visit our website: www.teachforall.org, or follow Teach For All on Twitter @TeachForAll and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teachforall/

About UNHCR

UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, is leading international action to protect people forced to flee due to conflict and persecution. We provide life-saving assistance such as shelter, food and water; help safeguard basic human rights; and develop solutions that ensure people have a safe place to feel at home where they can build a better future.

UNHCR’s 2019 education strategy, Refugee Education 2030: A Strategy for Refugee Inclusion, aims to foster the conditions, partnerships, collaboration and approaches that lead all refugees, asylum seekers, returnees, internally displaced persons and stateless children and youth and their communities inclusive and equitable quality education, including at tertiary level.

To find out more, please visit: https://www.unhcr.org/tertiary-education.html, see the DAFI Program Annual Report 2019 and follow @ UNHCR_Education on Twitter.

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