Despite a pledge by world leaders two years ago to get every refugee into education, more than a third are still being left behind, a major report reveals.
As the conflict enters its eighth year, we look at the effect on Syria's children, their education and their futures.
Theiworld helps refugees into school and supports Safe Schools as part of our work to help every child into education. Read more about how we change their world. To mark the start of a new year, we asked leading charities and NGOs to tell us what they are doing - about some of their most valuable education projects in 2017 and their aims for 2018. Here is what they told our education in emergencies writer Billy Briggs.
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With almost half of children in host countries still out of school, the international plan to aid refugees in 2018 needs to be backed more fully than this year's.
Turkey has spent more than $30 billion on helping its refugees - and the European Union has promised to continue its financial aid.
Rojin is one of four out-of-school refugee children living in Turkey who spent six months documenting their lives on video for Theirworld.
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Bassam is one of four out-of-school refugee children living in Turkey who spent six months documenting their lives on video for Theirworld.
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Asmah is one of four out-of-school refugee children living in Turkey who spent six months documenting their lives on video for Theirworld.
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Despite promises by world leaders to get all Syrian refugees into school, there are still many barriers preventing children in Lebanon from getting an education.
A "bold and positive" change in government policy will see undocumented refugee children allowed to join double-shift schools.
