UNESCO
Data Collection Survey on Enhancing Teaching & Learning Environment and Opportunities for Youth in Syria
The programme, ‘Data Collection Survey on Enhancing Teaching & Learning Environment and Opportunities for Youth’ was aimed at gathering data on the education situation and learning in Syria through activities aimed at improving the teaching and learning environment as well as at enhancing learning opportunities for conflicted-affected young people in the country amid COVID-19 pandemic. The programme was also adapted in order to respond to the earthquakes which affected Syria in February 2023. As such, it made an integral part of UNESCO’s emergency response to the earthquake in the areas of Aleppo and Hama, which were highly affected.
Key Interventions
In order to understand best approaches to improve the teaching and learning environments and enhance learning opportunities in Syria, the programme aimed at enhancing the teaching and learning environment in basic education, including training of education personnel and implementation of School Improvement Plan (SIP) with monitoring and reporting.
Reprogramming the School Improvement Plan (SIP) after earthquakes was a crucial step in ensuring the resilience and functionality of educational systems.
It involved addressing both the soft components, such as training topics, and the hard components, such as working on school infrastructure.
Reprogramming the School Improvement Plan (SIP) after earthquakes was a crucial step in ensuring the resilience and functionality of educational systems.
It involved addressing both the soft components, such as training topics, and the hard components, such as working on school infrastructure.
School Improvement Plans
60 School Improvement Plans, aiming at improving the learning environment for students, were developed and implemented.
Teachers' Training: School Improvement Plans
300 teachers and education personnel were trained on methods of developing and implementing School Improvement Plans in a collaborative manner and with a whole-school approach.
Rehabilitation to 60 affected schools
Following the February 2023 earthquakes, the programme provided light rehabilitation in 60 affected schools in Aleppo and Hama, allowing learners and teachers to pursue classes in safe environments.
Key Interventions
Furthermore, the programme has provided a Catch Up Programme for Syrian youth at risk of dropping out of school and those who have returned to school after many years of absence due to conflict.
Education personnel have been trained for supporting such vulnerable school children. The Catch Up Programme directly responded to the school closure and disruption of learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak. All interventions have been built on top of past experiences, and reflected the lessons learnt to enhance the impact on the ground.
Education personnel have been trained for supporting such vulnerable school children. The Catch Up Programme directly responded to the school closure and disruption of learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak. All interventions have been built on top of past experiences, and reflected the lessons learnt to enhance the impact on the ground.