Additional Context: According to Save the Children, these closures affected an estimated 300,000 Rohingya children attending learning centers run by UNICEF, Save the Children, and other local partners.

Devex Researcher Note: UNICEF notes that 50,000 children had the opportunity to resume learning after extensive fundraising efforts, but warns that the threat of funding shortfalls in early 2026 risks closing all schools again. Between 2024 and 2025, the U.S. government halved its contributions to address the Rohingya refugee crisis. In part as a result of this, the humanitarian education cluster operating out of Bangladesh had only secured about $16.9 million of its $71.5 million annual budget needs, forcing a wide reduction in services.

Source: Save the Children