Overview

• The UN says attacks on schools jumped 44% in the past year, with more than 41,000 incidents of violence against school‑age children recorded in 2024.
• Gaza, the DRC, Somalia, Nigeria, Haiti, and Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory are among the worst locations for violations affecting education.
• The UN also reports a 34% rise in conflict‑related sexual violence against children and a 17% increase in other grave violations including abduction and recruitment.
• Humanitarian snapshots show Gaza’s classrooms serving as shelters with 660,000 children out of school, while in Ukraine 5.3 million face barriers, 115,000 are out entirely, and 1,850 facilities are damaged.
• UNICEF and partners have created temporary learning spaces and rehabilitated about 57,000 facilities, as the Secretary‑General urges full implementation of the Safe Schools Declaration with accountability for attackers and as only 29% of education funding requests were met in 2024, with learning losses estimated at about $17 trillion.