Faculty of Humanities, Demography and Population Studies, School of Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
PLoS One. 2023 May 19;18(5):e0279671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279671. eCollection 2023.
Refugee children with disabilities are entitled to an education under South African law. These children face the challenges of living in a different country and having to manage their disabilities. However, without providing a quality education to refugee children with disabilities, they face lifelong challenges including poverty and exploitation. This nationally representative cross-sectional study, examines the prevalence of school attendance of refugee children with disabilities in South Africa. Using the Community Survey of 2016, 5,205 refugee children with disabilities are identified and studied. Descriptive statistics are used and results show that less than 5% of refugee children with disabilities are in school. Further there are differences across province of residence, sex and other sociodemographic characteristics. This study is a starting point for more quantitative analysis and further qualitative analysis on the barriers to education for refugee children with disabilities in the country.
南非法律规定，残疾难民儿童有权接受教育。这些儿童面临着生活在一个不同的国家并不得不应对自身残疾的挑战。然而，如果不给残疾难民儿童提供优质教育，他们将面临包括贫困和剥削在内的终身挑战。本项具有全国代表性的横断面研究，调查了南非残疾难民儿童的入学率。该研究使用了 2016 年的社区调查数据，确定并研究了 5205 名残疾难民儿童。研究采用描述性统计方法，结果显示，不到 5%的残疾难民儿童在上学。此外，在居住省份、性别和其他社会人口特征方面也存在差异。这项研究为进一步对该国残疾难民儿童的教育障碍进行更定量和定性分析提供了一个起点。
