Lebanon: Stalled Effort to Get Syrian Children in School

Expand Fewer than half of the school-age refugee children in Lebanon are in formal education. (Beirut) - The number of Syrian refugee children enrolled in school in Lebanon has stalled at the same inadequate levels as in the 2017-2018 school year, Human Rights Watch said today. Fewer than half of the 631,000 school-age refugee children in Lebanon are in formal education, with roughly 210,000 in donor-supported public schools and 63,000 in private schools. The Education Ministry said that it was obliged to limit enrollment and cut costs due to insufficient funding from international donors.…

Read complete article

~	Transform landmark Indigenous rights declaration into reality: UN General Assembly President

~	Poui season in Trinidad & Tobago is a timely reminder of beauty and hope

~	Why the kookaburra’s iconic laugh is at risk of being silenced

~	First evidence of ancient human occupation found in giant lava tube cave in Saudi Arabia

~	What are ‘Ozempic babies’? Can the drug really increase your chance of pregnancy?

~	No, getting your boyfriend to peel an orange won’t prove his loyalty. Why TikTok relationship ‘tests’ are useless

~	‘Listening is the most important part’: 10 things students with disability and their families want teachers to know

~	The government is basing its school truancy response on data – but by-the-numbers solutions aren’t enough

~	More weird books, please! Two prize-winning authors add to the puzzle of the post-post-postmodern novel

~	Will global oil supply be at risk if Iran and Israel pull the Middle East into war?