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PILLAR I : ACCESS
2018-2019 Formal Education Enrollment Trends

Non-Leb in Public Schools

Leb Vs Non-Leb in Basic Education Public Schools

The capacity of certain

public schools & the 4.8 %
increase of Lebanese Stu-
dents in 2018-2019 forced
MEHE to mitigate the en-
rollment of Non-Lebanese
students in the AM shift
public schools.

The PMU analyzed the figures of non-Lebanese enrolled in the classes of 2/3 of the first shift public schools; it was noted
that many schools accommodated high numbers of non-Lebanese against the regulations set.

=> This study highlighted the extra cost imposed on the Lebanese government due to opening a huge number of classes
to accommodate Non-Lebanese students.
=> MEHE took actions on field to decrease the number of these classes in the AM shift, noting that these Non-Lebanese
students were accommodated in second shift schools.
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2018-2019 First & Second Shift Summary| Formal Education (FE) Enrollment
Formal Education Enrollment Disaggregation by Governorate

FE Non-Leb Disaggregation by Gender/Cycle FE Leb Disaggregation by Gender/Cycle

Total Non-Leb Enrollment = 210,964 Total Leb Enrollment = 277,236

Disaggregation by Governorate Disaggregation by Governorate

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2018-2019 Foreign Language Disaggregation

2018-2019 Second Shift Enrollment Figures of Non-Lebanese in Basic Education

153,286 children were enrolled in second shift public schools during the school year 2018-2019
Disaggregation by Governorate Disaggregation by Cycle Disaggregation by Gender

2018-2019 Second Shift Staff Analysis

11,686 Staff worked in the

Second Shift Schools during
the school year 2018-2019

- The relative decrease in # Fixed term and Morning Contractual teachers, in addition to the Regulations set on the
limit of executed hours between the morning and the second shift to guarantee the efficiency and the productivity
of the teachers, increased the need to accommodate New Teachers.
=> This raises the need to coordinate with CERD for more trainings and workshops
- The relative decrease noted in the funds allocated to the PSS and Health services led to eventually decrease the “out
of class/office hours” in the weekly schedule of the counselors.
=> This highlights the need to collaborate with CERD to review and update the content delivered by PSS and Health
Second Shift Counselors.
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2018-2019 Second Shift Special Needs

PMU conducted a survey in second shift schools to assess the prevalence of different types of special needs
=> More than 6,000 cases were detected in 191 schools
=> 41% of the cases are in Mount Lebanon
=> 71% of the cases were for children in Prep ECE & C1

PMU assessed the achievements of the children with special needs across all categories:

=> Homework Support is essential for the above 2 categories to avoid

failure / dropout

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2018-2019 Physical Assessment of Public Schools

A platform was created to check the vulnerability of all public schools in Lebanon that took into consideration the
physical, social and seismic factors, and to incorporate the disaster risk reduction DRR principles into the educa-
tional system

A summary of the physical data analysis shows the following:

Disaggregation by Building Ownership, Type of

Building, and Building Condition

Building Ownership Type of Building

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2018-2019 Vocational Education

4,540 (2,163 Non-Leb + 2,377 Leb) students (8%) out of around 55,240 enrolled across all levels (BP, BT, DS, TS, LT,
CAP) of vocational education benefitted from the coverage of enrolment fees
=> 57% out of around 4,000 Non-Lebanese Students’ Fees were covered

Disaggregation of Beneficiaries Disaggregation of Beneficiaries

by Level & Nationality by Gender

The table below disaggregates the total cost for covering the fees of the Lebanese and Non-Lebanese beneficiaries
- Non-Lebanese Beneficiaries whose fees are covered by the international community (German and Dutch) are solely
those considered as refugees
- The other Non-Lebanese registered in public TVET schools cover themselves the enrollment fees, and are not count-
ed within these 2,163 beneficiaries

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PILLAR II : Quality
2018-2019 Second Shift Final Results - Completion Rates (G1 - G8: 125,552 students)

Failure Rate per Governorate

Passing Rate per Governorate Average Failure Rate = 33.3%
Average Passing Rate = 53.6%

% of Students who did not

complete the school year
Average = 13.1%

2018-2019 Second Shift Results Analysis (Prep-ECE - Gr8: 151,891 students)

87.1% completed their school year out of which ≈67% passed their school year:
=> Students marked the lowest scores across all governorates in Foreign language, then in Sciences.
=> This raises the need for Retention and Homework Support in these subjects.

Transition of Non-Lebanese to Secondary

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2018 - 2019 Official Exams Results of non-Lebanese Students in Public Schools
2015-2019 Grade 9 Official exams Passing % (AM + PM) disaggregated per Governorate

 Following the results’ analysis of Grade 9 official exams, an official letter was sent to each regional office high-
lighting the schools that are required to conduct thorough academic follow up during the academic year due to
their low passing rates; this letter also recognized the schools that deserved appraisal for the excellent scores
their students marked.
2018 -2019 Grade 9 Official exams 2018-2019 Grade 12 Official exams

The Non-Lebanese Grade 12 Official Exams

The Non-Lebanese Grade 9 Official Exams Average Passing Rate is 1.23%
higher than the Lebanese Passing Rate
th
=> 3 Syrian Students (2 st. in AM & 1 st. in PM Shift) ranked 8 & 9
among public schools’ students in G9 official exams
Average Passing Rate is 1.78% higher than
the Lebanese Passing Rate
=> 2 Syrian Students ranked respectively
th 1st (SV) and 6th (LH) among public schools’
students in G12 official exams

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