Since the conflict between Iraq and the U.S, education in Iraq has much greatly affected. 818,000 students, about 22% of primary-school aged children no longer attend school. Around 74% of this population are females. Parents are keeping their children home from school to keep them safe from the dangerous attacks that are taking place across Baghdad and Iraq. Much of the female population is being targeted for abduction by extremists groups and females are often harassed if they are not wearing proper attire (i.e. the "hijab" or head covering). This information is a direct parallel to the incidents that Riverbend refers to in her blog.
A statistician form the Ministry of Education in Iraq claims that 110 children have been killed in attacks on Iraqi schools and 95 have been injured, and this does not even include the casualties of students walking home from school. Teachers are stepping down from their jobs in an attempt to keep themselves safe. Even a 20-50% pay increase given by the Ministry of Education could not convince these teachers to stay.This leaves the school with lesser qualified educators. The chaos throughout the country is having an adverse effect on the education of the nation's young people, which could prove to hold back the country's future.
Works Cited:
http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=70697
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