Unicef, Lebanon work to bring children back to school amid Israel’s ongoing strikes

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) is working with Lebanon’s Ministry of Education to help 387,000 children gradually resume their education, starting on Monday.

“This initiative is part of an emergency plan to reopen 326 public schools that are not being used as shelters for displaced families, ensuring that school-age children, including those affected by displacement, have access to learning,” Unicef said on Monday.

The school year, originally set to begin in early October, was delayed due to continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon.

“Resuming education in public schools poses major challenges, as approximately 60 percent of shelters for displaced families are located in schools, and many teachers and students have been forced to relocate far from their usual schools,” the organisation added.