00:00A downpour provides a brief diversion for these kids in the huge camps in Cox's Bazar.
00:09Over 1.2 million Rohingya refugees who have fled from Myanmar to avoid persecution live here.
00:18Many of them are children.
00:21Hamidur Rahman was a third grader at a learning center run by UNICEF.
00:26His school is currently shorted and at risk of permanent closure due to a fund shortage at the UN agency.
00:35My school is closed now. I try to continue my lessons at home.
00:39I feel sad that I can't go to school anymore.
00:42I spend my day riding a bicycle and playing with other kids.
00:47Hamidur kept the bag and books he got for free from UNICEF's learning center.
00:53Rohingya pupils are only allowed to follow the Burmese curriculum for basic education.
01:00Still, Hamidur dreamed big.
01:03I wanted to be a doctor but it won't happen now.
01:06Many Rohingya teachers also lost their jobs after the fund shortage was announced earlier this month.
01:14Among them was Toslima, a 22-year-old Rohingya teacher who used to teach her pupils in this classroom.
01:23I taught 30 students in the morning and 30 others in the afternoon every day.
01:29I used to teach them math, the Burmese language and social study.
01:36We gave them books, pens, papers, meals and other good things.
01:41We and the students are both suffering because of the closures.
01:46Some of the students who are taking lessons at the UNICEF-funded learning centers have since enrolled into private learning facilities run by educated Rohingya adults.
02:01They teach free of charge but only have room for a fraction of the children.
02:07We are getting more and more students nowadays as all the schools run by NGOs are closed now.
02:16Some dedicated students come to us while others roam around idle.
02:22We provide them with as much education as possible.
02:27But we can't offer them books, pens, papers or any meal during their breaks.
02:38Experts estimate that around 10,000 students can be enrolled in private centers,
02:44a tiny number compared to the hundreds of thousands of pupils needing education.
02:50teaching volunteers.
03:04Of this 6,500, around 4,500 were funded by UNICEF.
03:11And due to this funding cut, UNICEF had to close those 4,500 learning centers.
03:18The rest of the learning centers were also closed.
03:21Basically 300,000 children now don't have a learning center to go.
03:28Without the UNICEF learning centers, the future of students like Hamidur looks bleak.
03:34And the Bangladeshi government will not allow them to go to state schools.
03:39It wants all Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar.
03:43But this is unlikely to happen soon.
03:46Dr disease of pins would not allow them to come back by dific Conflict.
03:47It wants to get laid off the
03:566th grade.
03:57For then it is likely a feeling even better to come back.
03:58And you can do it and give it every day,
04:00to stimulate the� okay.
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