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Beyond Basic Education: Exploring Opportunities for Higher Learning in Kenyan Refugee Camps

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Wright, Laura-Ashley, Plasterer, Robyn·2012·Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees
DOI 10.25071/1920-7336.34721
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This paper seeks to elucidate the socio-cultural and economic benefits of higher education in refugee contexts. NGO and UNHCR initiatives in Dadaab and Kakuma camps are used as a reference point for discussing the challenges, best practices, and potential of higher and adult learning in contexts of protracted exile. This small-scale, qualitative study seeks to understand what opportunities for higher education exist for those living in Kenyan refugee camps, and do existing opportunities yield “social benefits” beyond those accrued by the refugees themselves? Drawing upon interviews with practitioners, observation in schools and learning centres, and data from refugee-service providers, our findings are primarily descriptive in nature and explore the myriad ways in which opportunities for higher learning can strengthen refugee communities in countries of asylum. We contend that although Kenya’s encampment policies limit the potential economic and social benefits of refugee education on a national level, opportunities for refugees to pursue higher education are still immensely valuable in that they bolster refugee service provision in the camps and provide refugees with the skills and knowledge needed to increase the effectiveness of durable solutions at both an individual and societal level, be they repatriation, local integration, or third-country resettlement.

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Authors
Wright, L.-A., & Plasterer, R.
Affiliations
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (CH)
Venue
Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees
Publisher
York University Libraries
Published
2012-01-18
Volume
27
Issue
2
Pages
42-56
ISSN
  • 0229-5113 (ISSN-L)
  • 1920-7336
DOI
10.25071/1920-7336.34721
OpenAlex
W1922909957
Cited by
94
References
33
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
9.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Refuge Canada s Journal on Refuge (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Exile Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Keywords
refugee camps, Dadaab refugee camp, Kakuma refugee camp, adult learning, refugee education, durable solutions, refugee integration, third-country resettlement, repatriation

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