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Lebanon kids struggle to keep up studies as war slams school doors shut
Over 350 public schools are shelters or closed, while UNICEF and NGOs provide alternatives for 500,000 displaced students amid ongoing conflict.
- UNICEF says the war between Israel and Hezbollah has left almost half a million students out of school in Lebanon since the conflict began on March 2, displacing more than one million people.
- More than 350 public schools have been transformed into shelters for displaced families, while UNICEF had reopened 30 schools in the south just before the latest hostilities began.
- Teenager Ahmad Melhem, displaced from Beirut, told AFP, "We're trying with everything we have to continue our education," while parent Nasima Ismail reported, "there's no internet here, and not even pens."
- UNICEF's head of education in Lebanon, Atif Rafique, warned that prolonged closures increase dropout risks for girls and adolescent young women, prompting the agency to launch online platforms and hotlines.
- According to a 2023 World Bank report, each day of public school closures costs the Lebanese economy three million dollars, threatening long-term academic progress amid the Middle East conflict.
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Lebanon kids struggle to keep up with studies as war slams school doors shut
BEIRUT: In a classroom turned shelter for displaced families, teenager Ahmad Melhem follows a recorded lesson on a tablet as the war between Hizbollah and Israel interrupts education for hundreds of thousands of students in Lebanon.
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Lebanon kids struggle to keep up studies as war slams school doors shut
In a classroom turned shelter for displaced families, teenager Ahmad Melhem follows a recorded lesson on a tablet as the war between Hezbollah and Israel interrupts education for hundreds of thousands of students in Lebanon.
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