This morning, a meeting took place with the General Director of the Education Office in Taiz Governorate, Mr. Abdul-Khaleq Al-Sarari, where the meeting reviewed the results of field visits to the targeted schools within the project to support access to education services for students most at risk, the coordination between Millennium Development Foundation (MDF) and the concerned departments in the Office of Education and School Administrations. The meeting also discussed the most important difficulties and proposed solutions To expedite the completion of project activities and assess the situation. The meeting also discussed educational attainment in schools despite the difficulties arising from the current situation in the targeted districts, such as the destruction in schools, the scarcity of funds for educational and administrative staff in the targeted schools, the lack of the school curriculum and school equipment, the difficulty of access for students and teachers to the targeted schools, in addition to the education needs in the districts that suffer Among these difficulties, such as the increase in the number of IDPs in some districts such as Mawiyah, Dimna Khadir and Shar’ab. The meeting also discussed the presence of a number of handicapped students who have difficulty accessing schools, and the disruption of some schools due to the presence of IDPs in large numbers.
