The 2010 Haiti earthquake that struck on January 12 , 2010 has exacerbated the already constraining factors on Haiti 's educational system . It is estimated that approximately 1.3 million children and youth under 18 were directly or indirectly affected . Nearly 4,200 schools were destroyed affecting nearly 50 % of Haiti 's total school and university population , and 90 % of students in Port-au-Prince . Of this population , 700,000 were primary school-age children between the ages of 6 and 12 years old . The earthquake caused death and injury to thousands of students and hundreds of professors and school administrators , however the actual number of casualties is unknown . Most schools , including those that were minimally or not structurally affected at all , were closed for many months following the earthquake . More than a year since the earthquake occurred , many schools still remain closed and , in many cases , tents and other semi-permanent structures have become temporary replacements for damaged or closed schools . By early 2011 , more than one million people , approximately 380,000 of whom are children , remained in crowded internally displaced people camps
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Education in Haiti