Gaza: Nearly 800,000 Students Deprived of Education Amid Ongoing Israeli Offensive
Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Ministry of Education stated that Israel’s ongoing genocide has had a devastating impact on Gaza’s education sector, leaving hundreds of thousands of students without access to schooling.
The Ministry said on Tuesday in a report that since October 7, 2023:
- 788,000 students in Gaza have been out of school
- For the second year, high school students in Gaza couldn’t take exams
- 252 public schools damaged, 118 completely destroyed
- 91 public and 93 Unrwa schools bombed
- 20 higher education institutions severely hit, with 60 university buildings destroyed
- Over 15533 school students and 1111 university students killed
- 701 school teachers killed and 221 university academics killed
The Ministry confirmed that high school exams have begun in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem.
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said that depriving children of education is not just a humanitarian crisis but a strategic blow to Gaza’s capacity to rebuild. “Even if the war stops tomorrow,” it said, “the lack of safe schools and psychological trauma will leave deep, long-term scars.”
