Gaza students return to in-person schooling for first time in three years
At least 540,000 students are expected in class as the education ministry opens dozens of tent schools and online lessons continue for absent pupils.
- On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children returned to in-person classes across the Gaza Strip for the first time in nearly three years, attending makeshift schools in tents and damaged buildings.
- The United Nations Children's Fund reports that 98% of schools in Gaza were destroyed or damaged during the war, prompting officials to establish temporary learning centers using tents and tarpaulins.
- Stationery trader Khaled Aliyan noted notebook prices surged from 3 shekels to 15 shekels due to import restrictions, while 15-year-old Samar Abu Salmi said she is "pursuing our dream" despite lacking supplies.
- At least 540,000 students are expected to attend classes this year in temporary facilities, which Ibrahim Ramadan, director of education for East Khan Younis, describes as a "fragile milestone."
- While in-person classes resume, online learning continues for those unable to attend, as Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of using schools for military purposes, which Hamas denies.
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‘We will learn even in a tent’: Gaza children return to in-person schools
Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza have returned to in-person teaching for the first time in nearly three years, albeit in damaged or makeshift school buildings and tents, and with uniforms, notebooks and pens unaffordable for many families. The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) says 98 per cent of schools in Gaza were either destroyed or damaged during the war, and Gaza education officials say about 660,000 students have been depr…
Gaza students return to in-person schooling
Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza returned to in-person teaching for the first time in nearly three years, albeit in damaged or makeshift school buildings and tents, and with uniforms, notebooks and pens unaffordable for many families.
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The Independent (US)Gaza students resume in-person learning after 98% of schools were destroyed
The reopening is a fragile milestone for Gaza after a conflict that has killed around 22,000 students and more than 770 education workers, including 532 teachers
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