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JULY HIGHLIGHTS:
With schools closed for the summer holidays a number of activities have been on-going in the camps and urban areas. The final 2,145 children took their exams in the camp schools. An opportunity for retakes will be available in September for those children who are unable to reach the required level. Given their popularity, NRC run summer schools and catch up classes began again in the camps in Erbil after Eid and will run until September. NRC developed supplementary catch up materials were used both in school but also at home by over 2,000 children. This provided the children with the opportunity to boost their learning in a child friendly and practical manner.
UNICEF and Save the Children has been provided catch up classes and summer school activities for ECD and basic education children for approximately 510 children. They have also trained 33 teachers in active learning, catch up methodologies and classroom management. These schools will continue to run in September and will provide a bridge between formal and non-formal education.
Construction of 5 schools in the urban area and 3 in the camps is on-going. This month UNICEF successfully handed over one 12 classroom school in non-camp setting in Erbil and the completed school in the new camp in Sulymaniyah, to the Ministry of Education.
It is expected the arrival of a dedicated education cluster/sector coordinator. On-going taskforces were activated to lead the ‘my education my future’ campaign, the urban strategy and sector advocacy.