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Students in Yarmouk Camp, south Damascus, begin their academic year despite great obstacles

Published : 12-09-2017

Students in Yarmouk Camp, south Damascus, begin their academic year despite great obstacles

Students in Yarmouk refugee camp have officially started their academic year at “AlJarmak” Alternative School, in the town of Yelda, south Damascus. Full of joy, the students headed to school from Yarmouk camp and the neighboring towns, on Sunday September 10th.

Students were allowed to leave Yarmouk camp after ISIS retracted a decision it had made to prevent students and teachers from leaving the camp and heading to neighboring towns for education. The withdrawal came after a delegation from the camp’s residents met with leading members of ISIS.

Currently, Yarmouk camp holds almost 700 students, while 1700 students from primary and secondary stages are estimated to be living in the southern area of Damascus.

One of the supervisors on the educational system for Palestinian students in south Damascus, said that he noticed parents in the area insisting on enrolling their children in the “AlJarmak” Alternative School, due to upgraded level of education in the school, despite the fact that all teachers and administrators are volunteers.

In its documentations, AGPS had noted that the Syrian conflict has limited youth and children’s chances of learning. The fear of getting arrested or killed has taken over high school students and is one of the main causes of obstruction to the educational process, causing students to drawback from national examinations.

AGPS also confirmed that the educational system has been affected in general, due to the disastrous situation in Syria. Many schools have stopped working and the percentage of people able to learn has dropped from 95% before the war, to 75% in 2015.

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/5793

Students in Yarmouk refugee camp have officially started their academic year at “AlJarmak” Alternative School, in the town of Yelda, south Damascus. Full of joy, the students headed to school from Yarmouk camp and the neighboring towns, on Sunday September 10th.

Students were allowed to leave Yarmouk camp after ISIS retracted a decision it had made to prevent students and teachers from leaving the camp and heading to neighboring towns for education. The withdrawal came after a delegation from the camp’s residents met with leading members of ISIS.

Currently, Yarmouk camp holds almost 700 students, while 1700 students from primary and secondary stages are estimated to be living in the southern area of Damascus.

One of the supervisors on the educational system for Palestinian students in south Damascus, said that he noticed parents in the area insisting on enrolling their children in the “AlJarmak” Alternative School, due to upgraded level of education in the school, despite the fact that all teachers and administrators are volunteers.

In its documentations, AGPS had noted that the Syrian conflict has limited youth and children’s chances of learning. The fear of getting arrested or killed has taken over high school students and is one of the main causes of obstruction to the educational process, causing students to drawback from national examinations.

AGPS also confirmed that the educational system has been affected in general, due to the disastrous situation in Syria. Many schools have stopped working and the percentage of people able to learn has dropped from 95% before the war, to 75% in 2015.

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/5793