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Egypt: RRP6 Monthly Update - September 2014: Education

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60,634 Syrian children registered with UNHCR Egypt

HIGHLIGHTS:

• A new community school was established in Burg Al Arab "Altafawok Educational Center". It is a new branch of the community school based in 6th of October in Cairo which is under the supervision of "Oun for Relief and Development" association. The school hosts 600 Syrian students (KG to Secondary School) registered for this academic year.

• The education project dedicated to refurbishment of 5 schools in Greater Cairo and Alexandria areas and construction work for 4 schools in Greater Cairo area is on-going. The project is being implemented by General Authority for Educational Buildings. Schools have been selected based on the needs’ assessment conducted to 15 schools out of a list of 43 schools with the highest density of Syrian students. Schools were assessed by representatives from UNHCR, UNICEF, Ministry of Education and General Educational Building Authority”. The education unit along with a representative from the Ministry of Education went on a monitoring mission to follow up on the construction and maintenance work currently taking place. Once the project is completed 95 new classrooms will be added to the targeted schools bringing the total number of classrooms to 212. This in turn will reduce the density of classrooms of students per class from an average of 70-90 students to 60 students per classroom with positive which will have a positive impact on the quality of education provided and will also increase the protection space provided in these schools.

• The education unit is regularly dealing with high volume of queries and complaints regarding access to education. All the issues in relation to school enrollment, tuition fees, moving from one school to the other were communicated to the Ministry of Education at the central level, and were brought to a successful conclusion • UNHCR will continue to support all children currently receiving education grant, except those enrolled in private schools, until the vulnerability assessment is finalized.

• Catholic Relief Services (CRS) announced the start of the education grants’ distribution for the academic year 2014/2015 for all registered Syrian students, between the age of 3 to 20 years, enrolled in kindergarten (affiliated to either Ministry of Education or Social Solidarity), primary, preparatory, and secondary levels and Special Needs. The grant payment is done through a one- time installment upon interview, based on the applicant’s number of students in schools.