This publication has benefited from the support of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. This text may be reproduced in part or in full, provided the source is acknowledged. This is a problem recounted by a significant percentage of the parents of students of the first and second educational levels students under the age of 18 in the areas under the control of the Syrian government. This situation persists two months after the beginning of the new school year, whereas the needed books should have been distributed at nominal prices or free of charge for the primary level students under 12 years old.
Meanwhile, the areas under the control of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria Al-Jazeera areas deliver new books to teachers and students at reasonable prices, but offer a completely different curriculum.
As for the areas that fall under the control of the opposition groups in northern and western Syria Idlib and western Aleppo , a third curriculum is taught in books that people have to pay for themselves.
Things are no different in post-high-school education levels. The country is divided into educational regions much in the same way. In all three Syrian geographies, new trends in private education are emerging, but they are suspected of corruption and marked by the general deterioration of the quality of education. This is a general portrayal of the Syrian educational scene at the moment and its organic connection to the forces who wield control on the ground.
Today, according to international statistics, there are 2. A much larger number of students are at risk of dropping out due to various factors, especially students in the areas of the ongoing clashes and the areas that were struck by the February earthquake in four governorates, namely Latakia, Aleppo, Idlib, and Hama. The coordination and standardization of teaching and learning materials in Syria is one of the main challenges nationwide.
