Many children in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea could go without schooling for more than a year due to the slow reconstruction of facilities damaged during a magnitude 7.5 earthquake last month.
Save the Children's Jennifer El-Sibai said authorities need to plan for the education of young people in the region and not only the provision of basic necessities to communities.
Many students will likely be asked to transfer to nearby schools to continue their education due to a shortfall of funding for the Papua New Guinea Department of Education.