As of november 2015 700000 syrian refugee children up from 542000 in august 2014 are not attending formal education in turkey lebanon and jordan barriers to access include school space shortages language and curriculum transportation parental documentation child labor and early marriage school fees and safety. Education of syrian refugee children managing the crisis in turkey lebanon and jordan with four million syrian refugees as of september 2015 there is urgent need to develop both short term and long term approaches to providing education for the children of this population. With four million syrian refugees as of september 2015 there is urgent need to develop both short term and long term approaches to providing education for the children of this population this report reviews syrian refugee education for children in the three neighboring countries with the largest population of refugees turkey lebanon and jordan and analyzes four areas access . The syrian civil war has displaced half of syrias population with civilians fleeing internally or to other countries neighboring countries particularly lebanon turkey jordan iraq and egypt have opened borders to the refugees in response to such great humanitarian need and the international aid community has responded with assistance a particular area of concern is education . The syrian civil war that began in 2011 has created an educational crisis in the middle east with more than half a million syrian refugee children in turkey lebanon and jordan not receiving any kind of formal schooling a report from the rand corporation finds the report education of syrian refugee children managing the crisis in turkey lebanon and jordan 114 pages pdf notes that