Those who remain must share tattered textbooks and do without crucial resources. The January 2008 semester exams at schools in Gaza operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) found 50-60% failure rates in mathematics and a 40% failure rate in Arabic – the children’s native language. Despite this, Ayman insists, “I want to be an educated person. I want to be an engineer to build my country.”
Aujourd’hui après des années de violence, de bouclage, de pauvreté, l’éducation et l’excellence d’un système éducatif qui faisait leur fierté, a été anéanti.