️ In Gaza's Ruined City: Children's Education in Tents

️ In a report for Kun.uz, journalist Motaz Tabasi from Gaza details an initiative organized by activists in the ruined city of Khan Younis — an educational process in tents to teach children, who have been deprived of schooling for two years, basic school subjects. In Khan Younis, education no longer takes place in school buildings or classrooms; refugee tents have become temporary classrooms.

️ Under these conditions, teachers are trying to preserve children's right to education. While international law proclaims education as a guaranteed right for every person, for many children in Gaza today it has become a dream pursued amidst destruction. Teacher Shifa Omar: "This school has no desks, lacks educational supplies like pens and notebooks. Even the most basic living conditions are absent. I am also a refugee, living near where I teach, all my students have been displaced as well. We teach them basic skills. Great attention is paid to psychological aspects and social upbringing."

️ In Gaza, educational initiatives are operating aimed at providing at least the most essential education to students who have been cut off from school for two consecutive years. Teacher and founder of the educational movement Moayen Al-Eid: "Schools that were once a symbol of Gaza's education have today turned into ruins. Restoring the educational process is a huge challenge requiring time and continuous funding. Since the start of the war, which turned into genocide, over two years have passed, during which we have lost more than 16,000 primary and secondary school students. We also lost over a thousand teachers. More than 85 percent of schools are destroyed — most completely, some severely damaged."

️ Alongside material destruction, this situation deeply affects the psyche of both students and teachers. After their schools were destroyed as a result of Israeli attacks, these children now receive education sitting on the ground in educational tents in the south of the Gaza Strip. Despite this, they cling tightly to knowledge — this shows the inflexibility of Palestinian thinking. Here, reading and writing are not just education but a manifestation of resilience and endurance.

Source: kun.uz