Aid groups in the Rohingya refugee camps are slowly building an education system for 300,000 children in Bangladesh.
Rohingya Refugees Lack Schools, Qualified Teachers
![Shamsuddin, a Rohingya refugee himself, teaches Burmese language to Rohingya children. Like many of the teachers in the refugee camps he has only finished high school.](https://gdb.voanews.com/591F817B-EDCE-4B92-A9E6-E3399A1084B1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Shamsuddin, a Rohingya refugee himself, teaches Burmese language to Rohingya children. Like many of the teachers in the refugee camps he has only finished high school.
![Only about two-thirds of the Rohingya refugees ages 4 to 14 have access to education. Few refugees older than 14 have it.](https://gdb.voanews.com/952F870B-9E98-4BE7-82FA-174D7F1C9512_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Only about two-thirds of the Rohingya refugees ages 4 to 14 have access to education. Few refugees older than 14 have it.
![Sixty-five percent of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh ages 4 to 14 have not even reached the academic level of a first grader.](https://gdb.voanews.com/7B4B3275-8798-492F-8BF8-F570BF129DF8_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sixty-five percent of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh ages 4 to 14 have not even reached the academic level of a first grader.
![UNICEF and non-government organizations have built about 2,000 learning centers in the refugee camps and plan on having another 500 running by the end of this year.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6F385514-A617-4341-BDE7-9BE5371BC7B0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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UNICEF and non-government organizations have built about 2,000 learning centers in the refugee camps and plan on having another 500 running by the end of this year.