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LEBANON: RRP6 MONTHLY UPDATE - January 2014 KEY ACHIEVEMENT OF THE MONTH
NEEDS ANALYSIS:
Enrolment in public schools has closed and
As enrolment in the 2013/2014 school year comes to an end it is reported that 121,000 children between the ages of 3-18 have been supported to enroll in formal schools. This includes Syrian children, Palestine children from Syria and vulnerable Lebanese children. An additional 45,000 have been enroled in non-formal education programs.
89,299 Syrian children are enrolled JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS: The Ministry of Education issued an official statement that up to 50% of the student population in the first shift can be Syrian, this greatly increased the absorption capacity of the public schools allowing more children to enrol in school. In January enrolment in the first and second shift of the government schools closed and close to 90,000 Syrian children have registered in the public schools. An important step toward defining the strategic direction of the sector in providing nonformal education options to refugee children was taken when the education sector partners came together in a workshop to define and harmonize alternative programs for children not accessing the formal school system.
No. of Syrian registered children in school age Girls in school age
EDUCATION
Based on current registration data there are a total of 462,000 children in need of suppport to enrol in learning opprtunities, this includes 394,000 Syrian, 21,000 Palestinian, 7,000 Lebanese returnees and 40,000 vulnerable Lebanese children. This means that approximately 296,000 children between the ages of 3 and 18 have not accessed learning opportunities. Common barriers to education include costs of transportation and tuition fees which can be excessive for refugee families with limited resources. Language barriers and safety concerns of Syrian parents contribute to a high drop-out rate among refugee children. However, the biggest barrier to schooling is the lack of space in public schools. 90,000 refugee children have enrolled in the public school system. The education sectorha sorganized several large scale workshops to find ways of addressing the large number of out-ofschool children by introduing alternative options for children not accessing formal education. Defining non-formal approaches to education and harmonizing among programs will be a priority ovcer the coming months. The education sectorha sorganized several large scale workshops to find ways of addressing the large number of out-ofschool children by introduing alternative options for children not accessing formal education. Defining non-formal approaches to education and harmonizing among programs will be a priority ovcer the coming months.
PROGRESS AGAINST 2014 TARGETS
Boys in school age
114,727
105,000
# of boys and girls in non-formal learning opportunities
14,262
225,000
# of boys and girls benefitting from phychosocial support attivities in education setting
12,681
94,700
53,898
Bekaa
Mount Lebanon
North
Leading Agencies: UNICEF - - UNHCR -Kerstin Karlstrom -
[email protected] Agencies reporting:
23,681
22,167
38,886
4,545
4,047
36,401
51,493
65,762
65,067
# of boys and girls enrolled in basic education
Beirut
End-2014 Target
South
# of schools rehabilitated including WASH facilities
0
1,200
# of teachers and education personnel benefitting from training and capacity building session
416
5,000
