Description:
Text transcribed from caption: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees. UNRWA/ESLA/5A. Nabatieh Camp School near Sidon, Lebanon.
At UNRWA's school in Nabatieh refugee camp, as in all of the 425 UNRWA-UNESCO
schools, the curriculum of the host countries is followed, in order that the
pupils may later sit for the state examinations. UNRWA places great emphasis
on education for young refugees, and devotes some 40 per cent of its funds to
educations and vocational training. There are presently more than 170,000
refugee children enrolled in UNRWA schools and another 60,000 who attend
government or private schools with aid from UNRWA. 976.
Creator:
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (publisher)
Subject names:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Refugees--Lebanon--Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon--Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Refugees--Education--Lebanon--Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta., Refugee camps--Lebanon--Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta.
Geographic subjects:
Nabaṭīyat al-Taḥta (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288028