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As wars multiply around the globe, involving civilians to unprecedented degrees, UNESCO estimates that more than half of the 104 million children out of school live in countries touched by conflict. More than 27 million children in those countries do not have access to education. In Mozambique, some 45 per cent of primary schools were destroyed during the civil war; in Rwanda, over two-thirds of teachers either fled or were killed. The majority of refugee children who do receive education are enrolled at primary level, with only 6 per cent getting secondary schooling.