Minister of Education and Higher Learning, Akram Shehayeb, met with the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon, Philippe Lazzarini, at the head of a UN delegation, with talks touching on the importance of education and it being accessible to all.
Discussions focused on the noticeable move of students from private to public schools, with an estimated 24,000 pupils recorded to this day; a number that is expected to reach 35,000 by 10/10/2019.
Minister Shehayeb briefed Lazzarini on the crisis undergone by private schools, revealing that 90% of private schools did not collect more than 60% of the tuition fees from last year.
Lazzarini, in turn, suggested that "it is time to move from getting donor support to Lebanon based on the number of learners, to a new stage of getting support for the development of the educational sector as a whole, and securing sufficient money for this process."
Shehayeb then raised the issue of educating students with special needs in public schools and the necessity of securing the requirements for this.
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