Improving the Management of the Education System in Lebanon

Context

Lebanon is experiencing an extreme economic, political and financial crisis. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Beirut port explosion in 2020 continue to put the country under pressure. The situation is compounded by the military conflict between the Hezbollah militia and Israel in Lebanon as well as the large number of Syrian refugees. Many people are affected by poverty.

Most children therefore attend state schools. The armed conflict and the additional numbers of pupils from refugee backgrounds are severely impacting the state education system.

Although the country invested in digitalisation during the COVID-19 pandemic to safeguard education despite school closures, slow digital transformation is hindering progress.

To ensure a functioning education system in the long term, the government therefore needs to improve the management of the education system and remove hurdles such as mismanagement and corruption.

Objective

Governance in the Lebanese education system has improved to provide decentralised and digital education management.

Approach

The project has three key areas of action:

1. It advises the Ministry of Education and Higher Education on implementing the ‘Reform Road Map 2025’. It thereby improves the political and legal framework for four selected regional education offices so that they can make the education system more effective and resilient.
2. By developing skills and providing training on gender inequalities to the relevant actors in the education system, the project helps to change gender roles.
3. The project also fosters the necessary organisational and institutional conditions to enhance communication and reporting between the Ministry, regional education offices and schools.

Last update: January 2025