There are 56 Somali teachers for 2.200 pupils in 22 classrooms. The children go to school from 7 A.M. to noon. six days a week. A regular curriculum of math. history. Arabic. Somali and the Koran is offered. The school is defined by a large circle of thorn brush. Here the children sit on rocks so they can use their knees for desks. Pencils. exercise books and a blackboard have been provided by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. The classrooms for grades one through four are separated by small stacks of stones. This situation at Agabar is repeated at the other camps.
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