REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
In Egypt, 3RP partners, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE), conducted a two day workshop with 35 school principals from 18 public schools to discuss the ministerial decree on addressing violence in public schools. During the workshop, many issues were discussed including the roles and responsibilities expected from school principals regarding school reform and eliminating violence.
In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), partners held a series of consultation meetings in November with the Ministry of Education (MOE), Director of Education Planning, and other education actors working with refugees to finalize the draft of the first strategy for refugee education in KRI. The Refugee Education Strategy is to help organize the work of all actors concerned with refugee education. The consultations were conducted in Erbil, and decisions will be sent to other Governorates to adapt.
In Turkey, the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) reports that 278,890 Syrian children are now enrolled in formal education programmes, a dramatic increase in the total number of students enrolled compared with the end of the 2014 school year.
Enrolments in camp temporary education centres have remained relatively stable, while there has been increased enrolment in urban areas. There has also been an increase in the number of children attending temporary education centres (TECs) in urban areas, with over 270 urban TECs being recognised by MoNE.
In Jordan, 145,458 Syrian students accessed formal education in schools in camps and host community settings during November. Children in camps continued to receive education in 32 schools (24 in Za’atari, four in EJC, four in Azraq). UNICEF Regional office is also carrying out a regional mapping of life skills programmes, with Jordan being one of its focal countries.