LEBANESE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: AN IMPAIRMENT
"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." 
-Abraham Lincoln
 

Our Mission

Our mission is to shed light on the challenges facing public education in Lebanon and provide possible solutions that can help in creating an equal, developed, and supportive learning environment. This project also tackles the educational consequences that resulted from the Coronavirus pandemic that hit Lebanon and shifted our education from traditional learning to online learning. In addition, this project looks into the obstacles of students with special needs  are victims of the inflexible educational system. Thus, we found it important to suggest solutions that may fill in the gaps in the curriculum, special education, and online learning. 

Our Story

The main motive of creating the website comes from our personal experience being victims of this curriculum. As former school students, we realized the pressure we underwent during studying in and outside class and the weak assessment of skills. 

The website will show you a brief review of the Lebanese curriculum and its problems focusing on the history of the curriculum and an interview with the expert NemerFrayha in the first part. In the second part, the video presents the advantages and disadvantages of online learning, the experience of students during this time, and an informative video that presents the results of a survey we conducted about the involvement of parents in their children’s online learning. Lastly, the third part provides a spotlight on special education in Lebanon through a feature story and a video with a special educator. 

It is important to inform you that this is our senior Multimedia Journalism project at the Lebanese American University (LAU).

Our Team

Jana Barakat (Lebanese): Jana, is a 22-year-old Multimedia Journalism senior student at the Lebanese American University (LAU). She is also a writer at CONNECTions, the student-led magazine of the Department of Communication Arts at LAU. Her main interests are politics and football or soccer (whatever you prefer to call it!).   


Nour Khafaja (Lebanese): Nour, is a 21-year-old Multimedia Journalism senior student at LAU. Her main interests are social work and fashion. 




Kinda Zoghby (Lebanese): Kinda, is a 21-year-old Multimedia Journalism senior student at LAU. Her main interests are fashion, sports and traveling to discover new cultures.