What are the reasons for students’ absence from schools in Lebanon?

learning One of the most important human rights, which includes any person regardless of his age or gender, but wars and economic conditions prevent the individual from his most basic rights. Education sector In Lebanon, children are kept within the walls of their homes and the streets of their neighborhoods.

close schools general strike teachers Because their salaries were reduced to an intolerable degree, schools were unable to provide services and fuel, and private schools had to pay their fees in US dollars, and the reality of education in Lebanon had been overthrown.

Teacher Claude Kotaish said: "I used to earn a high pension that enabled me to enroll my children in private schools, but now our position as a secondary teacher has receded, so I decided to transfer my children to public education.".

She added, according to the Ministry of Higher Education, that the education system in Lebanon relies heavily on private schools, while the World Bank stated that 55,000 students moved from private schools to public schools before they were closed, noting that public education suffered from a lack of funding because the government allocated less than 2 per cent for it. percent of GDP, in 2020, one of the lowest rates in the Middle East and North Africa.

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It is considered right learning One of the most important human rights, which includes any person regardless of his age or gender, but wars and economic conditions prevent the individual from his most basic rights. Education sector In Lebanon, children are kept within the walls of their homes and the streets of their neighborhoods.

close schools general strike teachers Because their salaries were reduced to an intolerable degree, schools were unable to provide services and fuel, and private schools had to pay their fees in US dollars, and the reality of education in Lebanon had been overthrown.

Teacher Claude Qutaish said: “I was receiving a high pension that enabled me to enroll my children in private schools, but now our position as a secondary teacher has declined, so I decided to transfer my children to public education.”

She added, according to the Ministry of Higher Education, that the education system in Lebanon relies heavily on private schools, while the World Bank stated that 55,000 students moved from private schools to public schools before they were closed, noting that public education suffered from a lack of funding because the government allocated less than 2 per cent for it. percent of GDP, in 2020, one of the lowest rates in the Middle East and North Africa.