International Day to Protect Education from Attack

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) recorded a total of 52 attacks on education in Colombia in the first half of 2025. This figure represents an alarming average of one attack every three days in six departments of the country where the organisation has a presence. NRC reiterates its urgent call to state institutions and the international community to intensify their efforts to halt this trend and ensure the safety of educational facilities before it is too late.

“In just one month, January this year, armed groups destroyed 47 schools in Haiti’s capital. With 284 schools destroyed in 2024, the relentless attacks on education are accelerating, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without a place to learn. “With violence worsening across Haiti, education—a last hope for many children and a top priority for parents—has never been more at risk. Just yesterday, reports emerged of yet another attack. videos capture piercing screams of children on the floor, motionless with fear—a chilling reminder that these attacks do damage far beyond the classroom walls. “On the back of such attacks, displacement and deepening poverty, UNICEF estimates one in seven children in Haiti is now out of school. And almost one million more are at risk of dropping out. Education—a last hope for so many Haitian children, and a top priority for parents—has never been more under threat. “A child out of school is a child at risk. Last year, child recruitment into armed g...