The Resilience of Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon : What Do They Need to Acquire Quality Education?

Abu-Amsha, Oula

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: parental role;    school dropout rate;    gender;    volunteer teachers;   

RP-ID  :  93293

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Since the beginning of the turmoil inSyria, more than one million Syrians have been forced toleave their country and find refuge in Lebanon, a smallneighboring country with limited resources and its ownpolitical, social and economic challenges. This reportpresents the findings of a pilot study that follows theEducation Resilience Approaches (ERA) framework (Reyes2013). The purpose of the research is to discover thedifferent risks, assets, and processes that influence thelearning achievement of Syrian refugee children trying toaccess education services in Lebanon. The difficulties thatconfront Syrian children in the Lebanese education systemare not simply due to the difference in languages ofinstruction as it seems to be at a first glance.This studyreveals how many children could overcome the languagebarrier through traditional and simple means such asextracurricular language instruction and proper support.The study also reveals that the feelings of discriminationand exclusion felt by Lebanese peers are often the result ofindividual and communal apprehension and not necessarily theresult of real incident (except minor ones).