Educating Syria’s Refugee Children
Lebanon aims to enroll 200,000 Syrian refugee children into its public education system during the coming school year, but it cannot do it alone. Without additional support from the international community, the project will not be realized – despite strong political will and rigorous planning.
BEIRUT – When I took charge of Lebanon’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education in February 2014, I was presented with two huge challenges. In addition to improving the management and quality of Lebanon’s public education system, I had to determine how to handle the unprecedented influx of refugees from Syria – around half a million of them children.