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STORY: SYRIA / EDUCATION
TRT: 1:49
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: APRIL 2010, AL - HASSAKAH, SYRIA
1. Wide shot, children lined up at school assembly
2. Wide shot, children walking to school
3. Wide shot, mother walking son to school
4. Pan right, students line up at assembly
5. Wide shot, students line up at assembly
6. Close up, girls lines up at assembly
7. Wide shot, outskirts of Al-Hassakah in northern Arab Syrian Republic
8. Wide shot, track tracks and dry land
9. Med shot, rain falling on empty school year
10. Wide shot, green pastures and buildings
11. Med shot, Mother and child sitting on ground
12. Med shot, children walking up stairs inside school
13. Wide shot, students lined up outside
14. Med shot, teachers inside staffroom
15. Wide shot, students sitting at desks
16. Close up, UNICEF and EU sign
17. Med shot, teachers talking together
18. Close up, child’s hand writing
19. Close up, new UNICEF school desks
20. Close shot, old desk
21. Med shot, students walking up stairs in school
22. Med shot, old broken desks
23. Wide shot, truck with new desks reversing
24. Med shot, men unloading new UNICEF desks
25. Pan left, children playing in schoolyard
26. Med shot, two girls sitting
27. Wide shot, children in circle clapping
Some things are the same the world over. Kids wander sleepily to school, a mother drags her slightly reluctant son along. Students babble excitedly as they line up for assembly.
Similar scenes unfold every morning in schools across Syria.
But here in the extreme north of the country education hangs in the balance for many. The area has been blighted by drought of late – and though the rains have started to come, and renew the pastures, the area remains distinctly impoverished.
At some schools, teachers band together to help students buy uniforms. But there’s only so much a staffroom can do and sometimes a third party is required.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the European Union (EU) have committed themselves to helping the Ministry of Education guarantee the right of education for all young students in Syria.
Here in Al – Hassakeh this support has taken the form of supply and rehabilitation.
Before UNICEF and EU intervened the school was crumbling under the pounding feet of its students, and the desks were splintering under the weight of learning.
A delivery of specially crafted desks is part of a wide ranging plan designed to supply, rehabilitate and support many schools across Syria.
The support the EU and UNICEF have pledged is very tangible in nature. They are working alongside the Ministry of Education to ensure that kids in Syria have the basics so they can continue to learn.