Children are deprived of education becuase of conflict in Syria
As well as causing death, injury, displacement destruction and fear, a year of intense fighting in Syria’s northwest province has put education, and the future, of one and a half million children under severe attack, Vatican News reported.
The international charity “Save the Children” has revealed that more than half the schools in Idlib – 570 out of 1,062 – are damaged, destroyed or in areas too dangerous for children to access.
On 25 February 2020, eight schools and two kindergartens were hit by attacks, the highest number in a single day in Idlib since the beginning of 2019. In a report released this week, it notes that most of these bombings took place during classes.
According to Save the Children the concept of “child safety” in Syria has been forgotten and the normalisation of violence has become a daily reality for children, “who do not understand how most of their peers in other countries experience daily life or their days at school.”
“All this,” Save the Children says, “is forcing children to live under the constant threat of violence.”
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