WATCH: Lebanon’s public-school pupils have no clear idea when they will return to school as the country’s financial crisis has left schools shuttered so far this academic year
Lebanon's three-year financial meltdown has severely devalued the country's pound and drained state coffers, pushing 80% of the population into poverty and gutting public services including water and electricity.
But since 2019, Lebanon's pound has lost more than 95% of its value as other costs skyrocket following the government's lifting of fuel subsidies and global price jumps. By September, there had been little progress on securing higher salaries given Lebanon's depleted state coffers. At the same time, her children's private school was asking for tuition to be paid mostly in cash dollars to guarantee they could afford to pay for expensive fuel and other imported needs.
However, the strain on households from Lebanon's financial collapse has forced a shift: around 55,000 students transitioned from private to public schools in the 2020-2021 school year alone, the World Bank has said. "My students' worries are beyond educational – they started to think about how they can make a living. This age is supposed to be thinking of their homework," Koteich said.
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