RIGHTS BOOKLET

E. Education

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education responses for students whose family members are captive, missing, returnees, and for student returnees:

The Ministry of Education places great importance on accompanying and supporting students with a captive family member and who are dealing with endless worry and tremendous concern about the captive's physical and emotional state. The complex reality, uncertainty, the worry for the family member and the efforts invested in returning the captives all require the intervention of educational teams to provide emotional, social and academic support for students and assistance in returning them to a functional routine. The Ministry of Education is committed to making every effort to accompany the families and the students, to assist them with sensitivity and professionalism, and to help them develop abilities to cope and strengthen resilience, while restoring them to a maximum degree of functional routine, and helping to instill in them a positive outlook and a sense of hope. Any arising needs should be shared with the school's educational staff and the Administration's family officer (a senior representative of the Ministry of Education is a member of the Administration). The educational teams will maintain ongoing contact with the students and family members: ■ Personal contact of a teacher/preschool teacher with the student while coordinating with the parents or the person responsible for the student. ■ Personal contact of a teacher/preschool teacher with the student's parents or with the person responsible for the student.

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