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Educational crisis in Gaza: Over 625K children did not attend school

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Mayadeen English
  • 28 Jun 2024 22:15
2 Min Read

UNRWA has revealed that over 625,000 children have not been able to go to school for eight months since the war on Gaza began.

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  • Palestinian children with chronic diseases stand next to their mother as they wait to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment abroad through the Karem Salem crossing, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP)
    Palestinian children with chronic diseases stand next to their mother as they wait to leave the Gaza Strip for treatment abroad through the Karem Salem crossing, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP)

The Gaza Strip is facing a drastic educational crisis as more than 625,000 children were unable to go to school for over eight months, according to UNRWA. 

In a post on X, the UN organization said that out of the 625,000 children, 300,000 of them were UNRWA students before the war. 

More than 625,000 children in #Gaza have been out of school for over 8 months – 300,000 of them were @UNRWA students before the war

Play and learning activities provided by @UNRWA teams are critical in preparing children to get back to school and restore their right to education pic.twitter.com/lRTbSFpYFW

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) June 28, 2024

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According to the organization, educational and entertainment activities organized by UNRWA teams "are critical in preparing children to get back to school and restore their right to education."

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The Israeli occupation not only prevented children from attaining their education by destroying schools across the Gaza Strip, but by targeting and murdering them over the past eight months. 

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban highlighted the significant number of child casualties in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip during a UN Security Council meeting on children and armed conflict on Wednesday. He stressed that thousands of children remain buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Palestinian territory.
 
Elsewhere in his remarks, he emphasized that Palestinian children are experiencing "incomprehensible suffering," especially in the Gaza Strip, amid the “staggering” scale of death and destruction.

Chaiban mentioned that over 23,000 cases of children being killed or injured in 2023 remain unverified due to insecurity, movement restrictions, and significant risks faced by humanitarian personnel working in Gaza.

“The bodies of thousands of missing children remain buried under rubble, and none of this includes the thousands of violations reported so far in 2024,” he stressed.

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