The Safe Schools Declaration is an inter-governmental political commitment through which signatory States commit to protect education from attacks during armed conflict, including by endorsing and committing to implement the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict.

This indicator refers to the number of such incidents in the last 12 months, or during another designated time period. The indicator is common to two categories of attacks on education: attacks on schools and universities and/or other educational facilities and military use of schools and universities.

This indicator measures the total number of schools partially or totally occupied and used for military purposes by non-state armed forces.

This indicator measures the total number of schools partially or totally occupied and used for military purposes by a state’s regular or paramilitary armed forces.

This indicator measures the number of out-of-school students due to military use of schools and/or universities. The total number is calculated by adding up the number of out-of-school children for each reported incident of military use of schools and/or universities.

This indicator measures the total number of reported attacks on students, teachers and other educational personnel perpetrated by state armed forces in the last 12 months or during a designated period of time. It includes attacks committed at schools, universities or other educational facilities, or on the way to or from them. It is the sum of all reported incidents of attacks on students, teachers and other educational personnel perpetrated by a state’s armed forces (including government paramilitary forces).

This indicator measures the total reported number of schools partially or totally occupied by armed forces (governmental or non governmental) and used for military purposes, such as using educational facilities as bases or temporary shelters, fighting positions, weapons storage facilities, detention and interrogation centers and military training or drilling soldiers (GCPEA, 2020 Education under attack report).

This indicator includes situations where state armed forces or non-state armed groups partially or fully occupy schools or universities, and use them for purposes that support a military effort. This includes using educational facilities as bases or temporary shelters, fighting positions, weapons storage facilities, detention and interrogation centers and military training or drilling soldiers (GCPEA, 2020 Education under attack report).

This indicator measures the number of reported incidents of attacks perpetrated by armed forces or armed groups (government and/or opposition groups) by putting students and teachers in harm’s way at schools, universities or other educational facilities, or on the way to or from them, in the last 12 months or during another designated period of time. 

This indicator measures the number of reported incidents of child recruitment perpetrated by armed forces or armed groups (including government and/or opposition groups) at schools, universities or other educational facilities, or on the way to or from them, in the last 12 months or during a designated period of time.