Hard education: school in Iraq – news bulletin

Hard education: school in Iraq

Apr 22 – Iraqi children study in cramped, appalling conditions after a decade of sanctions and three wars.

Iraqi schools are overwhelmed with pupils displaced from other areas by sectarian violence and bombings.

A quarter of all primary schools run two to three shifts per day, cutting classroom times and putting a huge strain on teaching staff.

Katherine Baldwin reports.


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Hard education: school in Iraq

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  1. What is described as massive?
  2. What are students forced to do?
  3. What has economic sanctions and war done to Iraq’s education system?
  4. What was the education system like before?
  5. How many pupils are there in the school?
  6. What is the impact of over-crowding?
  7. What happened to some of the schools?
  8. What do many of them lack?
  9. How do the schools manage so many pupils?
  10. How many shifts are there?