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EDUCATION

An important growth area for Questscope is refugee mental health, as there are few resources to assist the 65

Access to quality education has the power to transform the lives of marginalized youth. To be uneducated is to be sidelined and excluded from vocational and personal opportunities – often for life.

High rates of education consistently lead to decreases in exploitation, early marriage, poverty, and radicalization. Schools give refugee and low-income youth stability and structure when everything else has been stripped away.

Schools also give displaced youth a way to fit into a new community and develop the social skills needed to live in times of peace.

Questscope’s approach to education is based on our Reciprocal Learning for Change (RLC©) methodology. It was developed for youth who have experienced trauma or other severe hardship.

RLC© emphasizes the critical importance of a supportive relationship between the educator and student, and it supports youth in regaining ownership over their education and becoming agents of positive change in their communities.

SSSD Education

The Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD), our Syrian national partner, cooperates with the Syrian Ministry of Education, and, over the past year, has restored 73,000 youth to education.

SSSD provides group and individual remedial courses for dropouts and other youth who have fallen behind in their studies at 125 formal schools across the country.

They also provide informal education at 63 community centers and shelters. Over the past year, SSSD has provided 92,000 school supplies and books for students and schools. They’ve also contributed to the restoration and rehabilitation of more than 45 schools. This work includes repainting, repairing desks, electrical work, and more.

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Non-Formal Education

One hallmark of the NFE program is the unique recognition by MoED that completion of 10th grade by

NFE graduates qualifies them for enrollment in vocational/technical diploma programs – restoring youth

to the same opportunities that their peers achieved through the formal system.

In addition, NFE graduates are also eligible for consideration to continue in secondary education in the

formal system – for eventual completion of the 12th grade and competition for the tawjihi certificate for

entrance into tertiary (university-level) education.

NFE is a unique cooperative endeavor between a governmental agency (MoED) and an international

nongovernmental organization (Questscope) that has resulted in creative approaches to engagement with youth needing a second chance at education, including a pathway to educational credentials – an outcome critical to reintegration of young people into economic and social opportunities.

NFE is the first and only General Education Equivalence Degree Program (GED) in the Arab world and has

enrolled more than 25,000 youth since 2005.

About Questscope

For 30 years, Questscope has built a reputation in the Middle East that is unparalleled. We partner with refugees and communities

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