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tabatha

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Fri Jan 6, 2012, 05:57 PM Jan 2012

More than a million children set to return to school in Libya – UNICEF

6 January 2012 – At least 1.2 million Libyan pupils are set to return to school tomorrow, almost a year after they evacuated their classrooms during the country’s popular uprising against the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today.

The agency said about 27 million textbooks are being printed by Libya’s education ministry and 10 million have already been distributed in anticipation of the return to school.

But a shortage of both books and desks remain, and transport to and from school is also lacking for many children.

“This is a massive operation and a huge achievement for the people of Libya,” said Maria Calivis, UNICEF’s regional director for the Middle East and North Africa in a statement released today.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=40891&Cr=Libya&Cr1=

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