Angelina Jolie calls for action to get children back to school

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Angelina Jolie is to warn that children around the world left without schooling during the coronavirus crisis may never set foot in a classroom again unless action is taken.

The actress and humanitarian will call for practical assistance to ensure access to continuity of education for young people worldwide at a high-level virtual event on refugee education.

She will tell a Unesco and UNHCR round-table event on Monday: “For millions of children and youth, schools are a lifeline of opportunity as well as a shield.

Classrooms offer protection — or at least a reprieve — from violence, exploitation and other difficult circumstances. “Without urgent practical assistance, some of the children left without schooling worldwide due to the