Millions of Mideast kids out of school: UN

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published April 16, 2015

Poverty, gender discrimination and violence are keeping more than 12 million children in the Middle East out of school, the UN children's agency warns.

BEIRUT, April 15 - An additional three million children in Syria and Iraq have been forced out of school by conflict ...

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