On the Precipice of Progress: National Policy Openings that Increase Forcibly Displaced Adolescent and Youth Enrollment and Retention in Secondary Education

This publication presents examples of policy ‘openings’ in four settings where different forcibly displaced population types are included in national education systems in different ways. For a balanced evaluation of progress in Colombia, Iraq, Nigeria, and Rwanda, policy objectives are held in tension with the occasionally disparate outcomes of policy implementation. Via these examples, with a focus on adolescent and youth enrollment and retention key insights are brought together to inform a practical action agenda
for strengthening enrollment and retention in secondary education globally.