The economic crisis and lockdowns have led schools to shut and pupils to drop out, but homegrown solutions are emerging to fill the gap
“It was so sad. Kids of 14 and older could not read – and I had the time to help,” says Ghanem. “I had resigned as an assistant in a dentist’s clinic for my kids, and now had time on my hands. So, I made that my cause.”high and dry. As teachers’ salaries have lost about 90% of their value, frequent strikes and resignations have kept public schools shut for most of the year, and many closed down altogether in the past three years because they could not afford running costs.
Nada Zubara, 10, was four when she left Syria with her family and had never set foot in a school. As she proudly shows a certificate from the Oxygen centre for coming first in a test, she says: “I dream of being a teacher, and today I’m one step closer to that. Before coming to the centre, I could not write my name, but now I read street signs to my mother.”
It was during one Covid lockdown when Akar noticed a change in her own three children. “I used to homeschool them all through the pandemic and as schools closed their doors. But they had no place in the camp to relieve their energy, and I noticed an increase in their aggressive attitude and stubbornness,” she says.
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