Syria News News Syria » Education: Kurds in Syria, Iraq fight against 'Arabization' with language, but might need to push harder
Both in Syria and Iraq, there are rising reports of pushes for Arabic to become a main language and demographic changes in Kurdish areas, with officials needing to tackle these issues.
News Syria » Education: More than 5.2 million students return to school as new academic year begins in Syria
More than 5.2 million students returned to classrooms across Syria on Sunday as the 2026-2027 academic year officially began, ...
News Syria » Education: Sweida’s schoolchildren become pawns in Syrian political struggle over exams
Muhannad Sharrouf, a political activist from Sweida, said: “They are not merely depriving them of an exam; they are threatening their future and pushing another generation toward further loss." ...
News Syria » Education: Love poems axed from schools under Syria’s new ‘extremist’ curriculum
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Children at a school in Damascus which reopened last month following the toppling of Bashar al-Assad’s regime - Chris ...
News Syria » Education: UNICEF urges donors to support education in Syria
"The first thing we need in order to be able to support education and deliver an aducational system is the financing and we urge donor partners not to miss this opportunity to support Syria during ...
News Syria » Education: Syria's Islamist Government Proposes Amendments to Education Curriculum
(AINA) -- The Assyrian Human Rights Observatory, based in Sweden, has issued a statement regarding the amendments to Syria's education curriculum proposed by the new government. The amendments would ...
News Syria » Education: Anger over changes to school curriculum exposes Syria's fragile unity
In the scramble to rewrite Syria’s future, it is perhaps no surprise that the classroom would lay bare cracks in the country’s fragile unity. Widespread outcry followed an announcement that Syria’s ...
News Syria » Education: Hope in Syria: Education Cannot Wait investments support teacher training and continued learning for displaced children in Syria
NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In the heart of a refugee camp in Syria, one teacher stands tall at the head of her classroom – offering a lifeline to children eager to learn despite the ...
News Syria » Education: Amendments to school textbooks by Syria's new authorities draw outcry
Amendments to school textbooks by Syria's new authorities have sparked outrage from parents, educators and rights groups. The changes, announced Wednesday, affect first-to-12th-grade schoolbooks in ...
News Syria » Education: Syria allows Kurdish-language teaching in schools in Kurdish areas
Syria's Education Ministry announced late Thursday a new plan for Kurdish-language education in areas where Kurds constitute the majority of the population. The Kurdish language now becomes a ...