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UNICEF says temporary learning spaces returning children to school but protection and registry challenges remain

United Nations Briefing · January 27, 2026
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UNICEF outlined efforts to get children back into temporary learning spaces and to provide psychosocial and protection services, while acknowledging hundreds of thousands of children remain out of formal education and that gender‑based violence and land/registry issues complicate reconstruction.

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban described efforts to return children to learning in Gaza through temporary learning spaces and psychosocial supports, while warning that the needs remain vast and fragile.

Chaiban said UNICEF and partners are "supporting over 250,000 children to resume learning" and that temporary learning spaces also provide important mental‑health and psychosocial support. He described a girl named Aya who told him she was "so glad to be…

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