The school year in the war-torn Gaza Strip will begin tomorrow, following 16 months of cessation due to Israel’s genocidal war, reports the Middle East Monitor citing a Palestinian official.
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Gaza, Khaled Abu- Nada, said his ministry has been holding meetings with general directors, members of the emergency committee, education directors and school principals since the start of the ceasefire to expedite the assessment of damages in the public education sector with the aim of developing a plan to resume school year tomorrow.
Abu-Nada added that the ministry and directorates have been restoring and cleaning schools, removing rubble, and trying to provide school desks for the students.
He called on citizens to return school furniture they had to use during the war.
He pointed out that the ministry’s teams in Gaza and Ramallah are also working around the clock to hold the high school exam sessions, scheduled in early March.
