1,500 students deprived of education as new school year begins

The education sector in the Tal Tamr area is facing major challenges as the 2026–2027 academic year begins, as a result of the damage sustained by schools due to the attacks and shelling that the area has witnessed over the past years, particularly schools located along the front lines.

According to statistics from the Tal Tamr Education Complex, the area has 115 schools, including 11 that have been completely destroyed. Six schools are being used as temporary shelters for displaced people from Serê Kaniyê / Ras al-Ain, while 18 schools are under the control of Turkish-backed armed factions, reducing the number of schools available to students.

These circumstances have deprived approximately 1,500 students of continuing their education, out of a total of around 8,040 students enrolled in schools across the area, amid a lack of sufficient educational alternatives to accommodate all affected students.

The damage to the schools resulted from attacks and shelling targeting the areas and villages surrounding Tal Tamr, which became front-line areas following the takeover of Serê Kaniyê by Turkish-backed armed factions and the displacement of its residents.

The presence of schools in areas along the front lines exposed a number of them to shelling and caused damage to educational infrastructure, resulting in their closure and preventing the students who attended them from continuing their studies there.

The challenges are not limited to destroyed and damaged schools. The use of a number of school buildings as shelters, along with the closure of other schools, has increased pressure on the schools that remain operational and raised the number of students attending them.

The Education Complex is working to make use of the operational schools and organize the distribution of students in accordance with the available capacity, while also monitoring the condition of damaged and out-of-service schools.

It is also working on plans to rehabilitate damaged schools in coordination with the relevant authorities and supporting organizations, with the aim of returning as many of them as possible to service, particularly schools located along the front lines.

As for the students deprived of education, the Education Complex is seeking solutions to enable them to rejoin the educational process by providing educational alternatives and making use of available school buildings until the damaged schools can be rehabilitated.

With the start of the new academic year, the continued closure of schools poses a challenge to the education sector in Tal Tamr. Rehabilitating damaged schools and providing alternatives for buildings being used as shelters have therefore become essential to reducing the education gap and ensuring the return of approximately 1,500 students to their classrooms.

ANHA