GAZA STRIP: Registration has opened for students seeking to enroll at Makkah School in the southern Gaza Strip, a Saudi-backed initiative aimed at helping children resume their education amid the devastation of the war, SPA has reported.
The school, supported by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), is part of a project to establish and operate safe educational spaces for Palestinian children under Saudi Arabia’s campaign to support the people of Gaza.
Specialized teams from the Saudi Center for Culture and Heritage, KSrelief’s implementing partner in the Gaza Strip, have begun receiving students and their families to process applications and organize enrollment ahead of the start of classes.
Makkah School was launched to initially accommodate 1,000 boys and girls, with 32 teachers, and is planned to eventually expand its capacity to 4,000 students.
The initiative comes as Gaza’s education system struggles to recover from the war, which has severely disrupted schooling and left many children without regular access to classrooms.
