Afghanistan, July 3 -- More than 100,000 children in Lebanon risk missing the coming academic year unless schools damaged during the recent conflict are repaired before classes are due to resume in September, the United Nations Children's Fund has warned, urging authorities and international donors to fund reconstruction without delay.
The warning followed a nationwide assessment carried out in June by Lebanon's Ministry of Education and Higher Education. The survey found that 340 public, private and vocational schools were damaged during the conflict, including 17 that were completely destroyed, according to UNICEF.
The agency said some schools sustained only minor damage, but many others require extensive rehabilitation or full reconstr...