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Lebanon’s Education Ministry is blocking Syrian refugee students from taking school examinations unless they provide official documents that few Syrian refugees are able to obtain.
Human Rights Watch
‘s Education Ministry is blocking Syrian refugee students from taking school examinations unless they provide official documents that few Syrian refugees are able to obtain, Human Rights Watch and the Center for Lebanese Studies said today.
The Education Ministry should uphold the right to education and immediately rescind its requirement that students have lawful residency to take school exams. And the Lebanese government should permanently cancel discriminatory restrictions on access to education for refugee students.
“Lebanon is undermining the hundreds of millions of dollars donors provide to educate refugee children by blocking them from taking school exams,” said Maha Shuayb, director of the Center for Lebanese Studies, a research institute. “International donors that have given generously to prevent a lost generation should call on the government to take down these barriers to education once and for all.”
Lebanon: Allow Syrian Refugee Students to Take Exams
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Donors Should Urge Government to Respect Right to Education
(Beirut) – Lebanon’s Education Ministry is blocking Syrian refugee students from taking school examinations unless they provide official documents that few Syrian refugees are able to obtain, Human Rights Watch and the Center for Lebanese Studies said today.
The Education Ministry should uphold the right to education and immediately rescind its requirement that students have lawful residency to take school exams. And the Lebanese government should permanently cancel discriminatory restrictions on access to education for refugee students.
“Lebanon is undermining the hundreds of millions of dollars donors provide to educate refugee children by blocking them from taking school exams,” said Maha Shuayb, director of the Center for Lebanese Studies, a research institute. “International donors that have given generously to prevent a lost generation should ca
11 Jan 2021 - 9:22
The Peninsula
Doha: Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q), a Qatar Foundation partner, has announced the appointment of Kathleen Hewett Smith as senior associate dean and chief academic officer, and Sami Hermez as director of the Liberal Arts Program. Both Hewett Smith and Hermez have been serving in an interim capacity since June.
Dean Marwan M. Kraidy said the appointment of these two senior academic officers is an important step forward in his new role as dean and will ensure that his vision to elevate the academic profile of the school will move forward expediently.
As the senior associate dean and chief academic officer, Hewett-Smith will have a broad purview over all academic facets of Northwestern Qatar and will coordinate collaboration with other universities in Education City, as well as serving as a key liaison with Northwestern’s Evanston campus.