Setting the course: the right to education for migrant children in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, particularly Central America, has become one of the leading migration hotspots in the world, with the highest percentage of children and adolescents on the move globally (26% in 2021, according to UNICEF). Migrant children who are in transit experience interruptions to their studies, and their right to education is often violated.  

This project aims to ensure the educational continuity of migrant and displaced children. It assesses the relevance, impact, and scalability of an academic model "on the move" (Ruta Educativa) coordinated among key stakeholders to ensure the educational continuity of migrant and displaced children in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Ruta Educativa includes a diagnosis of educational needs; the development of unified protocols that allow educational continuity throughout the migratory transit and across stakeholder interventions, coordinating humanitarian and national actors; the implementation and adaptation of learning toolboxes (pedagogical resources for educators and children, assessment tools); and the measurement of basic skills. 

Ruta Educativa has already been implemented at limited scale in Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala by Save the Children (SC) and its partners. The project is therefore systematizing the necessary, tested adaptations to further scale the model while considering ethnicity, disability, gender equity, and inclusion dimensions.