PRIORITY INTERVENTIONS
1: Support enrolment to formal education for school-aged boys and girls.
2: Support enrolment to Non-Formal Education for children who are outside the formal system.
3: Outreach to get children to public schools.
4: Support to ensure retention in formal education.
5: Strengthen national education systems, policies, and monitoring.
6: Strengthen community engagement to support a sustainable behavioural change towards education.
1. Situation analysis and context
Approximately 477,000 displaced Syrian children and approximately 10,950 displaced Palestinian children from Syria are between the ages of 3 and 18. All these children have a right to access education as per the Convention of the Rights of the Child (CRC). This population influx in Lebanon has increased the demand for education services, not only in terms of numbers, but also in terms of variety of needs and impact on quality of the education system. Children impacted by displacement have often had their education disrupted.
If they are able to access schools, they have to cope with a different curriculum and educational challenges. Many are not able to resume schooling due to their socioeconomic situation, or because they are over-age or discouraged. Some have also witnessed serious acts of violence and are in need of psychosocial support. The Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) focuses on the most vulnerable populations affected by the Syria crisis, including displaced Syrians, vulnerable Lebanese, as well as displaced Palestine refugees from Syria.
The education situation analysis and response plan is presented according to three strategic components: access, quality and national systems, which is also in line with the ‘Reaching All Children with Education’ (RACE) plan. RACE was developed by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) in 2014 in response to the Syria crisis, and builds upon the “No Lost Generation” strategy and the Stabilization Framework developed by the World Bank, UN and GoL. The strategy outlines a multi-year comprehensive approach to education for all children affected by the Syria crisis, and covers both immediate humanitarian response interventions as well as longer-term support. The RACE plan commits government and partners to providing 470,000 school-aged displaced Syrian and poor Lebanese children with access to quality learning opportunities in safe and protective environments by 2016. Of this total, 200,000 Syrian children will be enrolled in formal education.
