The devastating reality of Gaza post-conflict education system: With 97% of schools damaged, children are learning in tents and ruins without basic supplies. Read about the UNRWA’s struggle to provide psychological support and prevent a ‘lost generation’ of Palestinian youth.
Gaza Children Education Crisis Makeshift Classrooms Resources
The simple act of returning to school, a rite of passage for children globally, has become an act of profound defiance and courage for the young population in Gaza. Following the recent fragile ceasefire, thousands of Palestinian children are attempting to resume their studies, not in traditional classrooms, but in makeshift learning spaces set up within battered buildings, tents, or crowded UNRWA shelters. The devastating reality, as reports confirm, is a complete breakdown of the education system, leaving students with “schools but no books.”
The scale of destruction is catastrophic. According to a United Nations assessment, nearly 97% of Gaza’s schools have sustained some level of damage, with many requiring full reconstruction or major rehabilitation to become functional. This systemic obliteration of infrastructure has severely disrupted the lives of over 600,000 school-age children, many of whom have now gone two years without formal, consistent education.
