Hundreds of thousands of children returned to school in Gaza Saturday after a five-month suspension aimed at reining in the spread of the novel coronavirus in the crowded Palestinian territory. “The ministry has prepared a plan based on various scenarios for dealing with the school year,” he said. The United Nations agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, which provides education to hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza, said over 285,000 pupils had returned to its 277 schools. “The measures will be reviewed once a week and improved as necessary,” UNRWA said. Around a million people live in Gaza, many of them in poverty and a third of them refugees.

Source: Punch August 08, 2020 15:00 UTC