Dr Fadi Yarak DG of the Ministry of Education
Posted by Adib Mounla
on Feb 10, 2015
Dr Fadi Yarak DG of the Lebanese Ministry of Education talked about the impact of Children of displaced Syrians on Public Schools in Lebanon.
According to Dr Yarak, each Syrian Student costs around $1660 of which $1500 paid by the Lebanese Government , and part funded by international grants.
The current status of total syrian students enrolled is 100,000 for the school year 2014-2015 v/s 88,000 in 2013-2014, knowing that there are 300,000 more waiting
The Ministry of Education partcipates in all UN meetings to mobilize the international community to get more funds
Dr Yarak also talked about the challenges the Ministry is facing such as the impact of the high quantity of students , the diffficulty of monitoring, health challenges, ngo coordination, tensions between communities, lack of funds, and language barriers.
The Ministry of Education partcipates in all UN meetings to mobilize the international community to get more funds
Dr Yarak also talked about the challenges the Ministry is facing such as the impact of the high quantity of students , the diffficulty of monitoring, health challenges, ngo coordination, tensions between communities, lack of funds, and language barriers.