Russian-Ukrainian war’s impact on Ukrainian students
Welcome back to Surviving in the World (SIW), your newsletter written by students for those interested in global affairs. We always try to present select topics in global news in an easy-to-understand format.
In today’s letter, we cover the historical and current events that have lead to European tensions.
Brought to you by: Clair Park (’25), Korea Correspondent
Word Count: 409 / Time: 3 minute read.
Children and their carers made it to safety after a two-day journey (Source: BBC)
The recent war between Russia and Ukraine has caused many casualties and impacted numerous innocent lives.
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From the latter end, a specific age group that experienced difficulty in preserving their status of basic rights were children - including from premature ages to teenagers.
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Children were not only traumatized by the war, but they were also perturbed in receiving their basic schooling and education.
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Statistics: Statistically speaking, according to the New York Times, “An estimated 2.8 million of the nation’s six million children have been forced from their homes because of the war.”
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As this is an evident obstacle to students experiencing a normal academic life and ultimately fulfilling their courses, the problem’s magnitude is easily identifiable when almost half of the nation’s youth population is struggling with this issue.
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However, the problem doesn’t end here. For those who were fortuitous enough to be situated in a position or location where they were able to receive proper schooling, children were still either participating through remote/online learning or even learning in different languages in unfamiliar circumstances.
Article 53 of the Constitution of Ukraine “guarantees the right to education, stating: Everyone shall have the right to education.”
Article 24 states of the Constitution “further protects various other rights important for the enjoyment of the right to education, principally the right to non-discrimination and equality before the law”
- Ukrainian Legal Factsheet
Why you should care: Education is a universal human right.
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The right provides citizens with the ability to develop cognitive abilities and protect of dignity and rights in social interactions.
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Regardless of the ongoing war, there should still be measures to ensure proper education for Ukrainian children.
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