{"id":185650,"date":"2014-03-21T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/school-fees-imposed-in-chad-refugee-camps\/"},"modified":"2014-03-21T12:37:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T12:37:00","slug":"school-fees-imposed-in-chad-refugee-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/school-fees-imposed-in-chad-refugee-camps","title":{"rendered":"School fees imposed in Chad refugee camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People in the refugee camps in eastern Chad have complained of the fees imposed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on basic school students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UNHCR imposed school fees of an amount equal to 4SDG ($0.70) in February,\u201d Zein Mohamed, an activist of the Djabal refugee camp in eastern Chad told Radio Dabanga. \u201cThe director of the GRS organisation working&nbsp; in the field of education told us that this decision came after a meeting between &nbsp;UNHCR and the Chadian government. UNHCR justified the imposition of school fees by pointing to the improved conditions of the refugees, and the transformation from a state of emergency to a state of development. Parents of students&nbsp;are supposed to contribute to the education of their children.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey also told us that in this way the organisation\u2019s expenses on education in the refugee camps will be reduced,\u201d Mohamed added.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: A school in eastern Chad\u2019s Touloum refugee camp<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Related:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/69257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Darfur refugees in Chad destitute<\/a>&nbsp;(19 March 2014)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/67460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNHCR official visits school Darfuri refugees in Chad<\/a>&nbsp;(24 February 2014)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/65545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sudanese refugees face starvation in Chad camps<\/a>&nbsp;(30 January 2014)<!--break--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in the refugee camps in eastern Chad have complained of the fees imposed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on basic school students. \u201cThe UNHCR imposed school fees of an amount equal to 4SDG ($0.70) in February,\u201d Zein Mohamed, an activist of the Djabal refugee camp in eastern Chad told Radio Dabanga. \u201cThe director of the GRS organisation working\u00a0 in the field of education told us that this decision came after a meeting between \u00a0UNHCR and the Chadian government. UNHCR justified the imposition of school fees by pointing to the improved conditions of the refugees, and the transformation from a state of emergency to a state of development. Parents of students\u00a0are supposed to contribute to the education of their children.\u201d \u00a0 \u201cThey also told us that in this way the organisation\u2019s expenses on education in the refugee camps will be reduced,\u201d Mohamed added. File photo: A school in eastern Chad\u2019s Touloum refugee camp Related:Darfur refugees in Chad destitute\u00a0(19 March 2014) UNHCR official visits school Darfuri refugees in Chad\u00a0(24 February 2014) Sudanese refugees face starvation in Chad camps\u00a0(30 January 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>School fees imposed in Chad refugee camps - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/school-fees-imposed-in-chad-refugee-camps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"School fees imposed in Chad refugee camps - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"People in the refugee camps in eastern Chad have complained of the fees imposed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on basic school students. \u201cThe UNHCR imposed school fees of an amount equal to 4SDG ($0.70) in February,\u201d Zein Mohamed, an activist of the Djabal refugee camp in eastern Chad told Radio Dabanga. \u201cThe director of the GRS organisation working\u00a0 in the field of education told us that this decision came after a meeting between \u00a0UNHCR and the Chadian government. 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