Syrian students turn to e-learning amid pandemic

The opposition-led government in Syria has activated distance learning for students in the areas under its control to help curb the spread of the coronavirus in schools and universities, though some students aren't able to benefit from the program.
A Syrian woman sets a protective mask on a child's face after a lecture provided by staff from Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) to raise awareness about the novel coronavirus epidemic at a camp for the displaced in Kafr Lusin village, on the border with Turkey, in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, on March 23, 2020. - Testing for the novel coronavirus is to start within days in northwest Syria, the World Health Organisation said, amid fears of a disaster if the pandemic reached overcrowde
A Syrian woman sets a protective mask on a child's face after a lecture provided by staff from Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation to raise awareness about the novel coronavirus epidemic at a camp for the displaced, Kafr Lusin, Syria, March 23, 2020. - AAREF WATAD/AFP via Getty Images
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Khaled al-Khateb
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ALEPPO, Syria — In an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the Syrian opposition-led interim government has authorized the use of distance learning at all levels of education until further notice.

The Ministry of Education in a March 29 statement gave educational institution leaders the go-ahead to activate virtual learning. Though the ministry didn't mention any specific plan, it gave the people in charge the leeway to choose the most appropriate learning method. Educational institutions have been closed since March 14 because of the virus.

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