Elite Refugee Student Projects
Elite Education Group partners with outreach organizations to provide quality learning experiences and diploma programs to refugee children and youth
Since January 2018, Elite Open School has been providing secondary school education for students in refugee camps by partnering with local learning resource centers.
The goal is to give these students, neglected by governments with no hope for basic education or legal status, the chance to earn a high school diploma and with at least that radically alter the trajectory of their lives. We want these students not only to become proficient in English in order to be employable, but also to gain data literacy and a coding education, so they can acquire the hard skills to join workforces of the future in data sciences.
And the results have been extremely uplifting. Not only is our education model proven and our goal achievable, it’s also unlocking all kinds of possibilities for the future in education around the world.
Roshan Learning Center + Elite Open School
Serving Refugee Students in Jakarta, Indonesia
Roshan and Elite Open School formed a partnership in June 2019 with the goal of providing refugee students in Jakarta with the opportunity to commence upon a formal high school education. Elite Open School (EOS) is a U.S. accredited online school providing education to students around the world. Through the generous support of Elite Education Group, Roshan was able to obtain funding and scholarships to enroll our advanced secondary students in EOS. EOS is a self-study system in which students follow a common curriculum but work through courses at their own pace, with the support of Roshan volunteer mentors and tutors. As an Elite partner, Roshan provides on-the-ground implementation, including personnel and a dedicated classroom.
United in our efforts to provide meaningful educational opportunities, Roshan Learning has been steadily expanding support for students in the EOS program over the past four years. Roshan has primarily focused on moving groups of middle-school and secondary level students from its informal learning program (Foundations) into the EOS Program.
Timeline
August 2019 | Cohort 1
From Previous Foundations secondary class + new intake
February 2020 | Cohort 2
From Previous Foundations secondary class
September 2020 | Cohort 3
From Previous Foundations secondary class + new intake
September 2021 | Cohort 4
From Previous Foundations middle school class + new intake
January 2023 | Cohort 5
From Previous Foundations middle school & secondary
First Graduates
In 2022, Elite Open School proudly announced announce its first refugee student graduates. These young people were the first to realize the goals and dreams we all started with together back in 2018. Our unique initiative has always been about more than just essential education. Rather, EOS and its students have always maintained a goal orientation of proper documented achievement for post-graduation opportunities.
Thus EOS, with its partners in education has pursued a tripartite success profile:
Achieving an accredited American high school diploma to unlock global potential for higher education
Acquiring skill sets currently in high demand and essential to the future of industry for the next generation, specially in Data Literacy and Coding
Mastering a level of English Proficiency to professionally communicate and collaborate with teams, colleagues, and clients, greatly assuring viability of employment
The journey in education thus far for these refugee students and Elite Open School has been quite rocky, and at times, tortured. We saw so many students withdraw or disappear. Some were resettled. Many were displaced to sites further and further away from metropolitan areas. And some simply, and most tragically, aged out of the refugee centers themselves.
Nonetheless, in August of 2023, many more of our students from the program graduated from high school and received their US high school diplomas.
Not only that, all graduates secured monumental next steps in their futures that would not have even been distant dreams when we started their education years ago. To date, four students was admitted to Universities to continue with higher education. Three students hired by a local schoolas an English program assistant. Several, with their diploma and resume, finally qualified for resettlement to permanent residencies. For two years now, our refugee graduates fulfilled our hopes and we are confident this record will continue in the years to come. For these students, their graduation and next steps are nothing short of rebirth. Their stories to the younger students following their lead are nothing short of guiding miracles.
Hope Learning Center + Elite Open School
Serving Refugee Students in Bogor, Indoneesia
In Bogor, Indonesia, there are nearly 100 children between the ages of 6 and 16 currently in refugee camps. These children of families fleeing to Indonesia from all over the world—mostly Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and Syria—have no access to schooling because they have not yet obtained the legal status of refugees from the government of Indonesia.
To help these children during this uncertain time, Elite Education Group opened dedicated Elite campus in Bogor, free of charge. Fully equipped with a computer lab facility, Elite-trained teachers, and an extensive, accredited curriculum, Elite will provide these children full access to an American middle school and high school education through our recognized and proven Elite blended learning programs.
Starting in February 2018, Elite Education Group, in partnership with Hope Learning Center of Bogor, began offering diagnostic and placement tests to the children to ensure a smooth transition for each student into an appropriate course from the start.