UNICEF HPT 24 m² School Tent
The smallest of the UNICEF Innovation High Performance Tent family — a 24 m² single-classroom shelter sized for 30–35 children with chalkboard, storage cabinet, and teacher area. Used by UNICEF country offices and education-cluster INGOs for education continuity in emergencies and protracted displacement.
Single classroom · child-friendly space · post-distribution office
24 m² HPT on the procurement sheet.
UNICEF's HPT specifies child-occupied-space requirements that family tents do not need to clear — full standing height across the majority of the footprint, reinforced canvas attachment points so children cannot dislodge guy ropes, mosquito mesh as standard, and a frame engineered for repeated daily occupancy across school hours.
- Floor area
- 24 m² (~5 m × 5 m)
- Capacity
- 30–35 primary-school children + teacher
- Standing height
- Full standing height through majority of footprint
- Outer canvas
- Heavy-duty cotton, FR-treated, weather-resistant
- Frame
- Galvanised steel ridge-pole + uprights with reinforced canvas attachment
- Ventilation
- Mosquito-mesh windows and door, configurable vent panels
- Ground cloth
- Optional waterproof PVC, on request
- Retrofit
- Chalkboard, storage cabinet, teacher chair compatible
- Lead time
- 21–35 days FOB Karachi
Why the 24 m² HPT is the default starter classroom.
Education-cluster planners default to 24 m² when restoring schooling in displacement settings because it pairs neatly with WHO/UNICEF child-friendly-space minimum spatial standards while staying transportable in 20-foot containers and small cargo aircraft. A 24 m² HPT plus chalkboard, storage cabinet, and 30 floor mats is the standard "instant classroom" kit issued to UNICEF and partner-INGO education programmes.
Standing height across the majority of the footprint is the spec line that distinguishes a school tent from a repurposed family tent. Teachers need to move freely between rows; UNICEF's HPT spec ensures the ridge line clears 2 m and the eaves stay above 1.5 m, which is the difference between a usable classroom and a tent children outgrow vertically by age ten.
Reinforced canvas attachment points are the second non-obvious spec. Children pull on guy lines and dislodge soft rope-only attachments daily; BNC's 24 m² HPT uses reinforced webbing patches and metal grommets at every load-bearing connection so a single child's pull does not unstring the tent.
Where BNC's 24 m² school tents have gone.
Sindh Education Department · multi-year
Repeat supplier for post-flood education-continuity tents in Sindh, with the same product line exportable into UNICEF education-cluster procurement.
Pakistan flood education response · 2010 + 2022
Temporary classroom tents and child-friendly spaces for the education cluster during both major flood emergencies in Pakistan.
Türkiye-Syria earthquake · 2023
Child-friendly-space tents consolidated through Kızılay and IFRC during the earthquake response — airlifted via Saudia and Turkish Cargo within 72 hours.
Afghan IDP education programmes
Recurring single-classroom tent supply into Afghan IDP and refugee-return contexts in partnership with INGO education-cluster members.
Quote on HPT 24 m² — same Karachi business day.
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