Barriers and facilitators to education access for marginalised non-citizen children in Malaysia: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: In Malaysia, marginalised non-citizen children are excluded from formal education at public schools. Recognising education as a fundamental human right, the barriers and facilitators to educational access among refugee and asylum-seeker, migrant, stateless and undocumented children in Malaysia were explored. Qualitative data were collected via 32 in-depth interviews with multiple stakeholders. Data were thematically analysed and organised at three socio-ecological levels. At the 'legislative and policy' level, the requirement of citizenship documents only allows some stateless children to access public schools. Yet, many informal learning centres are not state-endorsed, as they are unable to fulfil licensing criteria. Importantly, denying the right to work for adult refugees and other undo

SUBMITTER: Loganathan T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10237637 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature