To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress there has been in increasing the levels of educational attainment or education services in Lebanon, following the agreement in 2016 of a loan by the World Bank for the funding of refugee schooling.
Answered on
26 April 2017
DFID is a leading supporter of the Government of Lebanon’s Reaching All Children with Education (RACE II) plan to get all children into education, including by providing £86.6 million via the World Bank to improve access to quality education in Lebanon. Good progress has been made so with almost 300,000 Syrian refugee children now receiving an education.
Answered by
Department for International Development