DHAKA, 11 September 2021, (TON): Over 460,000 Rohingya children live in camps in Cox’s Bazar, according to the UN. Speakers at a webinar have emphasized imparting proper education for the Rohingya children living in camps in Bangladesh in a bid to groom them as global citizens.

The webinar was organized by SM Zillur Rahman, chairman of Bangladesh Bamboo, Cane and Mate Craft Foundation (BBCMF), to raise awareness about the education of Rohingya children in the present-day world.

SM Zillur Rahman said “the government of Bangladesh has now relocated some 18,000 Rohingyas to Bhasan Char from the camps in Cox’s Bazar. According to the government’s plans, the island has the capacity to house 100,000 Rohingyas, based on the currently available infrastructure and space.”

According to the UN “currently there are 461,266 Rohingya children living in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.”

It is a major challenge for the government to provide quality primary and secondary education to the Rohingya children in the overflowing Cox’s Bazar camps, remarked Zillur, former director of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI).

Ministry of Women and Children Affairs Additional Secretary Dr Md Abdur Rouf said “the government, in cooperation with BBCMF, has set up a primary school at the Bhashan Char for some 18,000 Rohingya children.”

The global number of forcibly displaced people has doubled since 2010, according to the latest report from the UNHCR, he noted.

At the end of 2020, there were 82.4 million forcibly displaced people in the world, according to the UNHCR, Rouf added.