Education
Chechnya's educational system was badly damaged in the conflict. Many school buildings bear the physical scars of war. Books, materials, and qualified personnel are in short supply.
- Training: 5,000 teachers
- IDP schools: 1,600 children
- School supplies: 55,000 children
- School rebuilding: 1,000 children
 |
|
© 2006 UNICEF/Alena Svirid |
Early childhood education centres
Early childhood education centres (ECE) are meeting the needs of 5-6 year-old children. With the involvement of parents, they learn ABC and counting, and obtain basic hygiene and life skills. In 2006, the network of ECE centres expanded to 25, and will increase to 60 in 2007 and reach over 6,000 children.
Strengthening acces to education
School materials - textbooks, furniture, blackboards, school bags, paper and pens - provided by UNICEF benefit about 55,000 children. With unemployment estimated at 80% in the republic, families have often been forced to choose between putting food on the table and paying for school supplies. Teacher training in Chechnya and Ingushetia is also being provided.
Repairing schools
In 2006, repairing four schools in Chechnya and two in Ingushetia allowed 1,000 children to return to a regular education. Further school rehabilitation is taking place in 2007.
Inclusive/Life skills education
To help include disabled children in the regular education system, UNICEF will offer training, furniture and policy support to the Ministries of Education in the region. Life Skills Education will be strengthened inthe schools by updating existing manuals.
Temporary schools and kindergartens
By the end of 2006, almost 1,600 children from Chechnya and 590 pre-schoolers from Ingushetia whose families had been displaced by the conflict had been schooled in temporary facilities. This project has now closed with its goals achieved of reintegrating the children into the regular education system.
