In the Grip of UNRWA’s Educational Policies and State Discrimination: young Palestinian students in refugee camps in Lebanon

In the Grip of UNRWA’s Educational Policies and State Discrimination: young Palestinian students in refugee camps in Lebanon

Tuesday, 25 May 2010 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Middle East Centre, 68 Woodstock Road
Speaker(s): 
Dr Maha Shuayb, Senior Visiting Fellow Centre for Lebanese Studies St Antony’s College Oxford
Series: 
MEC Seminar

The seminar will investigate whether or not UNRWA educational policies in Lebanon are addressing the particular needs of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who are deprived of their main human rights such as the right for education and employment. The study will report the results of an empirical study of the quality of education in UNRWA secondary schools in Lebanon and its impact on young Palestinians.