Main Trends and Analysis on Out of School Children in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Desk study

Equitas education was commissioned by Save the Children, UNICEF, and the World Food Programme, to carry out a study  the study on out-of-school children in the MENA region, covering 2015-2020. The study’s focus countries are Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Turkey, and Yemen over the years 2015-2020. The study focuses on four specific areas of inquiry.

1. Documenting the main trends of OOSC, including their numbers, profiles, and locations;
2. Analysing the barriers and motivating factors that prevent or facilitate children’s participation and retention in education;
3. Understanding the nature of policies and programmes in the study areas that target access, retention and learning outcomes for OOSC;
4. Recommending specific areas for further study and identifying potential responses to the findings and conclusions.