This detailed guidebook aims to support educational authorities in providing equal access to quality education for children affected by conflict or disaster, noting that this can provide a unique opportunity to reform an education system. Intended primarily for ministry of education staff, it also serves educational planners and practitioners at all levels. Each chapter identifies strategies or policy options that have already proven successful in different contexts.

The guidebook is divided into five major sections: general overview; access and inclusion; teachers and learners; curriculum and learning; and management capacity. This revised edition chapters on ethnicity/political affiliation/religion, children with disabilities, learning spaces and school facilities, early childhood development, and coordination and communication have all been updated. New chapters on prevention of conflict and preparedness for disaster and technology have also been added.

Chapter 3.5 is on ‘Psychosocial Support to Learners’.