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Syrian Refugees' Access to Education in Lebanon: Obstacles to Implementation

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dc.contributor.authorMcCarter, Laura Margareten
dc.contributor.committeechairMilly, Deborah J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberThomas, Courtney Irene Powellen
dc.contributor.committeememberWeisband, Edwarden
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-14T08:00:13Zen
dc.date.available2018-07-14T08:00:13Zen
dc.date.issued2018-07-13en
dc.description.abstractSince the beginning of the civil war in Syria, an estimated 11 million Syrians have fled their homes. The conflict within Syria dramatically increased population flows to neighboring countries, especially Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon. Of these, Lebanon hosts the largest per capita number of Syrian refugees with over 1 million Syrians living in Lebanon as refugees as of June 2017. This thesis asks why Syrian refugee children in Lebanon have limited access to education. Given that over half of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon are school-aged children, the main question behind this research is: what factors explain the low enrollment rate of Syrian refugees in schools in Lebanon? Though the Lebanese Ministry of Education issued a memorandum instructing all public schools to allow Syrians to enroll, approximately 250,000 school-age Syrian refugees were out of school during the 2015-2016 school year. Why is this? Based on a local case study of dynamics impacting refugees within the Bekaa governorate of Lebanon, I find that Syrian refugees do not suffer from a lack of international attention or even an overall lack of aid. Instead, actors at the local level, particularly an unofficial authority known as the Shawish, most heavily influence Syrian refugees, their access to aid, and their access to education.en
dc.description.abstractgeneralSince the beginning of Syria’s civil war, an estimated 11 million Syrian people have fled their homes as refugees. Many of these people went to neighboring countries, including Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon. Of these, Lebanon hosts the largest per capita number of Syrian refugees, where at least one in every four people was a Syrian refugee as of June 2017. Furthermore, over half of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon are school-aged children and many children have limited access to education. This thesis explores the factors that contribute to the low school enrollment rate of Syrian refugees in Lebenon. By focusing on the dynamics impacting refugees in one area of Lebanon, I find that the biggest obstacle for Syrian refugees’ access to education is not a lack of international attention or even an overall lack of aid. Instead, I find that authorities at the local level, specificially an unoffoicial authority known at the Shawish, most heavily influence Syrian refugees, their access to aid, and their access to education.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:15770en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/83960en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectSyriaen
dc.subjectrefugeesen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectLebanonen
dc.titleSyrian Refugees' Access to Education in Lebanon: Obstacles to Implementationen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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