The new federal government in Lebanon, formed this February under Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, has highlighted the relevance of high quality education and learning for trainees in Lebanon and devoted to giving all children in Lebanon, regardless of their background, with access to their right to education and learning.
The new minister of education and higher education, Rima Karami, pledged to fix up the Lebanese public school system and high quality of education and learning In September, Prime Minster Salam said that “the children of Lebanon, regardless of origin or circumstance, must never be denied of their right to discover.” Both have emphasized that education is a nationwide concern required to rejuvenate the country.
But in a frustrating relocation, on September 30, the federal government limited accessibility to education and learning for lots of refugees. It proceeded in 2014’s mandate requiring that non-Lebanese pupils reveal valid residency allows or a valid ID issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in order to register for “2nd change” courses in Lebanon’s public schools for the 2025 – 2026 academic year. Usually, Palestinian refugee children, including those from Syria, attend UN Relief and Functions Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) colleges as opposed to public institutions.
According to a speaker from the UN Kid’s Fund (UNICEF), last year a minimum of 28, 000 non-Lebanese children were properly disallowed from public education and learning due to the lawful residency demand.
While Lebanon originally preserved an open-door plan for Syrians seeking sanctuary, by 2015 the federal government began establishing stricter residency demands and rigorous requirements for revival of residency authorizations. The bureaucracy and high renewal charges have actually made it so only around 20 percent of Syrian evacuees have valid residency status.
In May 2015, the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants required that UNHCR quit registering Syrian evacuees in Lebanon. Since end of September 2025, UNHCR reported that just 815, 000 of the 1 5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon are signed up. UNHCR reported that in 2024, 41 percent of Syrian refugee kids did not go to primary institution, and 81 percent of Syrian evacuee youngsters did not attend secondary school.
Lebanese leaders need to remain true to their promises and make certain that all kids in Lebanon can access quality education, regardless of their condition in the country. Education and learning is the most effective means to guarantee the next generation of children, whether Lebanese or otherwise, have a future. This is a right guaranteed to all children under the UN Convention on the Legal Rights of the Youngster All kids, regardless of their immigration standing, have a right to education and should be able to go to college.