UN Official Warns of "Lost Generation" in Gaza
Gaza faces a "lost generation" due to the devastating state of its education system, with most schools remaining destroyed after two years of war.
According to UNICEF, only a fraction of children attend makeshift classrooms, with education largely halted.
Current State of Education in Gaza
- Nearly all children have been without formal schooling for a third consecutive year.
- 85% of schools are destroyed or unusable after two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
"If we don't start a real transition for all children in February, we will enter a fourth year. And then we can talk about a lost generation." - Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF's regional director for the Middle East and North Africa
Author's summary: Gaza's education system is on the brink of collapse.