National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza 2014-2017_FINAL

46The National Early Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza 2014SECTION 4: RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS4.1.3 EducationRelief Early Recovery Reconstruction Total$1m $45m $75m $121mWith half the Gaza population under 18, education can be used as a primary mechanism for social and psychosocial stabilizationthroughout Gaza. Schools can provide much needed structure and normalcy for children, who are suffering from direct or indirecttrauma. Damage was done across the entire educational spectrum: from pre-schools to universities. There is a massive scale ofrebuilding, repairing, and re-equipping that must be done in governmental, UN, private, and NGO schools and universities.Schools will cater for students with existing or new disabilities (caused during the assault) who either have lost their specializedequipment (e.g., mobility aids or hearing aids) in the assault or have new needs. Emergency education will also be provided tochildren living in IDP shelters.As the school year starts, new school supplies (e.g., uniforms, bags, and stationery) are being distributed to students, with a focuson internally displaced students.To promote educational early recovery, 144 government and UNRWA schools, one private school, three pre-schools, and fouruniversities will be repaired and re-equipped. A further twenty-two governmental schools, two pre-schools, and two universitybuildings will need to be reconstructed.Since school capacity was already insufficient in Government and UNRWA schools, reconstruction plans will aim at creatingsufficient capacity for both current and future students.Therefore, reconstruction plans will aim at creating sufficient capacity for both current and future student population. UNRWAwill also build transitional schooling facilities for refugees. A number of programs will be introduced to strengthen educationaldelivery and respond to the aftermath of the assault.