Tag: syrian children

DAMASCUS: Nearly four million Syrians students in government-controlled areas returned to school Sunday, braving the effects of war, a devastating earthquake and a deep economic crisis.But many children do not have classrooms to go to in a country where many educational facilities have been damaged or destroyed and 90 percent of people live under the poverty line according to the United Nations.Syria's education ministry on Saturday called on schools "not to enforce strict school uniforms (...) and to reduce the necessary supplies" for students, the SANA state news...