Published : 08-06-2016
Palestinian students, who came out of their besieged camps - Yarmouk south of Damascus and Khan Al Shieh camp in the western suburb of Damascus, to perform the secondary school examinations in Syria, are complaining of negligence and indifference to their interim status of living in the "Alliance" center of the capital Damascus, which is supervised by UNRWA.
Activists and a number of students spoke about the lack of water and food in the center, as the students stressed that the center is suffering from filth and not being cleaned on a daily basis. A student described the center as the prison and that it is not suited to the accommodation of human beings. The students demanded to be provided with water and electricity on a daily basis around the clock, and to improve food and cleanliness of the center.
Dozens of Palestinian students came out of the Yarmouk and Khan Al Shieh camps to perform the high school exams for 2015- 2016.
Despite the ongoing clashes between ISIS and Nusra, the Yarmouk camp students went to Said al-Aas Centre (for females) and Palestine preparatory school (for males) at Al Ameen neighborhood in Damascus to stay in them during the exam period. The high school students at Khan Al Shieh left the camp to the exams' centers in Al Kiswa city and then to the Alliance Center.
It should be noted that UNRWA had earlier announced on its website that there is a large percentage of the Palestinian students in Syria have been forced to leave their schools, because of the increasing poverty, unemployment levels, inability to pay for food, and the difficulty in finding alternative housing place.
The agency noted that the departure of professional teachers has impacted negatively on the quality of education in schools that follow the national curriculum approved by the Syrian Ministry of Education.
Palestinian students, who came out of their besieged camps - Yarmouk south of Damascus and Khan Al Shieh camp in the western suburb of Damascus, to perform the secondary school examinations in Syria, are complaining of negligence and indifference to their interim status of living in the "Alliance" center of the capital Damascus, which is supervised by UNRWA.
Activists and a number of students spoke about the lack of water and food in the center, as the students stressed that the center is suffering from filth and not being cleaned on a daily basis. A student described the center as the prison and that it is not suited to the accommodation of human beings. The students demanded to be provided with water and electricity on a daily basis around the clock, and to improve food and cleanliness of the center.
Dozens of Palestinian students came out of the Yarmouk and Khan Al Shieh camps to perform the high school exams for 2015- 2016.
Despite the ongoing clashes between ISIS and Nusra, the Yarmouk camp students went to Said al-Aas Centre (for females) and Palestine preparatory school (for males) at Al Ameen neighborhood in Damascus to stay in them during the exam period. The high school students at Khan Al Shieh left the camp to the exams' centers in Al Kiswa city and then to the Alliance Center.
It should be noted that UNRWA had earlier announced on its website that there is a large percentage of the Palestinian students in Syria have been forced to leave their schools, because of the increasing poverty, unemployment levels, inability to pay for food, and the difficulty in finding alternative housing place.
The agency noted that the departure of professional teachers has impacted negatively on the quality of education in schools that follow the national curriculum approved by the Syrian Ministry of Education.
