News bulletin – answers

Hard education: school in Iraq

questions

1. What is described as massive? overcrowding
2. What are students forced to do? cram into classrooms
3. What has economic sanctions and war done to Iraq’s education system? wreaked havoc
4. What was the education system like before? one of the finest in the Middle East
5. How many pupils are there in the school? almost 1,000
6. What is the impact of over-crowding? students won’t understand the lessons and teachers can’t follow up on the students
7. What happened to some of the schools? they were bombed or closed for fear of sectarian violence
8. What do many of them lack? basic sanitation facilities
9. How do the schools manage so many pupils? in staggered shifts
10. How many shifts are there? 3 per day (triple shifts)