My UNICEF media network: 15 million out-of-school children in the Middle East and North Africa

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In total, 15 million children are out of school in the Middle East, particularly in Syria and North Africa, mainly because of conflict, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on Thursday. ).
"There are 15 million out-of-school children in the MENA region, many of them because of conflict," says the WHO report. "Without urgent investments in health care, education, employment and participation, we will have 5 million children". And an extra girl outside of school. "
"Unemployment will rise by 11% among young people and disappointment will grow among young people.The population of the MENA region is expected to more than double in the first half of the 21st century, the most productive phase of their lives."
He stressed that "this is an opportunity to achieve a demographic dividend – economic growth as a result of demographic change, and this changing age structure represents a historic opportunity to invest in human capital and accelerate economic growth. but this is contingent on the establishment of appropriate budgets for policies and properly implemented. "
Appropriate policies such as "improved access to health care, protection, education and meaningful opportunities for participation will enhance opportunities for productive employment and increase income through population, which will stimulate growth and increase wealth, "he said.
According to the report, there are currently 124 million teenagers and young men and women in the Middle East and North Africa, where children and young people under 24 represent about half of the population. population of the region.
More than a third of young people in the Middle East – around 37 per cent – live in fragile and conflict-affected countries, where 58 per cent of refugees and nearly half of the world's displaced live.
Of the 23.5 million children of the preparatory year in the region, at least 3.5 million are out of school and another 2.9 million are likely to drop out of school.
According to the report, the youth unemployment rate in the region is the highest in the world: 29% in North Africa and 25% in the rest of the region. The organization called for increased investment in development early childhood, in appropriate and quality education and in the active participation of adolescents and young people. Preparatory education and skills development.
Syria is living in a declared war against the Syrian people by the Assad regime and its allies. The aerial and missile bombings of Syrian cities have deprived children of their right to education due to ongoing displacement and destruction of schools and other educational facilities.