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<p>The UK Government is playing a leading role in reaching out-of-school children
affected by conflict in the Middle East. At the London Syria Conference in 2016, the
international community committed to providing quality education to all 1.4 million
refugee and vulnerable host community children by the end of the 2016/7 school year.
By April 2017, 1 million children were benefitting.</p><p>In Lebanon, DFID’s four-year
education programme will help 147,000 children enrol in formal education and 100,000
in non-formal education, and improve teaching and learning standards for all children
in school. In Jordan, DFID’s four-year education programme helps provide formal education
for 193,000 Syrian children. The UK also contributes to the EU Facility for Refugees
in Turkey, which has provided access to education for almost half a million Syrian
children. In the wider Middle East, the UK funds UNICEF to provide education as part
of humanitarian appeals.</p><p>The UK has also supported the establishment of a new
Education Cannot Wait fund to improve education in crises, with Yemen and Syria each
benefitting.</p><p>DFID does not fund education provision through radio and TV in
the Middle East.</p><p> </p>
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