Israel's war creating a lost generation' of Lebanese students

"Israel has destroyed schools across southern Lebanon and displaced hundreds of thousands of students. Hundreds of educational institutions have turned into makeshift shelters for thousands of displaced people, causing a compounding series of disruptions to an education system that was already struggling as a result of a debilitating economic crisis."

"Schools in Lebanon have responded by using online learning and other programs to reach students, but education experts in the country said many were still falling through the gaps. And in an effort to catch up on all the lost schooling, the focus has been on subjects such as the sciences and mathematics, with topics such as citizenship ignored."

"“The mission of an education system is to build citizens,” Carlos Naffah, an academic researcher, told Al Jazeera. “We don't want to face the fact that we lost a generation,” said Naffah."

"Since March, Israeli attacks have displaced more than 1.2 million people in Lebanon, among them 500,000 school-aged children, according to UNESCO. Not only are hundreds of thousands of students displaced, but many of the schools they learned in are no longer accessible. According to UNESCO, 339 schools are located in warzones in Lebanon, while hundreds more are now acting"

Israel’s war on Lebanon has displaced hundreds of thousands of students and teachers and destroyed schools across southern Lebanon. Hundreds of educational institutions have become makeshift shelters for displaced people, compounding disruptions in an education system already weakened by Lebanon’s economic crisis. Many students have shifted to online learning and other programs, but education experts say many still fall through gaps. Efforts to catch up have emphasized sciences and mathematics while sidelining citizenship education. UNESCO reports that since March Israeli attacks displaced more than 1.2 million people, including 500,000 school-aged children, and that 339 schools are in warzones, with many more no longer accessible.

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