More than 97 percent of schools have been damaged or destroyed, and 91.8 percent of all education facilities will require either full reconstruction or major rehabilitation to become functional again. Before the genocide, the education sector in gaza was thriving Despite the occupation and blockade, we had one of the highest literacy rates in the world, reaching 97 percent According to the united nations’ children agency, more than 92% of gaza schools have been partially or completely destroyed At least 87% will require significant reconstruction before they can function again, it said in a recent report. The international community must confront the full scale of devastation inflicted on gaza’s education sector and act decisively to support its reconstruction, not only as a humanitarian necessity, but as a matter of justice and international responsibility.
Over two years, the education sector has been one of israel’s targets Thousands of students and teachers have been killed and the majority of schools and universities destroyed.
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