How Education in Libya is Boosted Through Mobile Apps
RALEIGH, North Carolina Education in Libya has been severely affected by many events, beginning with military violence during the dictatorship of Muammar Qaddafi. After his rule came to a close in 2011, a civil war began in 2014, causing hundreds of schools to close and keeping 63,000 children out of school. The continued conflict led to infrastructure damage to schools and continued safety concerns, which deteriorated education in Libya even further. Mobile apps and online learning platforms aim to improve education in Libya.
Education During Crisis and Conflict
Many children were able to return to school after the end of the Qaddafi regime, however, some schools are in use as shelters for displaced families. Because of the lingering safety fears, many parents refuse to send their children to school on foot. In 2016, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) estimated that out of 1.2 million scho