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![Ms Koteich, 44, has taught French literature at Lebanese public schools for exactly half her lifetime. 'We used to get a salary high enough that I could afford to put them [her children] in private school,' she said.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/WVV6PREY910DUVfkaeRbQnRzhAg=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/thenational/2RL75LZYYFEQDNYSW3SVO2NWSA.JPG)
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!['I noticed that their [my pupils] worries are beyond educational – they started to think about how they can make a living [when] at this age they should be thinking of their homework,' Ms Koteich said.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/rDtGPtdFDdnXkykNnk5oLnD3E3g=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/thenational/I7KHFQBRPZAOLPLB4MALAEVUSU.JPG)
![Edouard Beigbeder, the head of Unicef in Lebanon, told Reuters that about one third of children in Lebanon – including Syrian children – are not attending school. 'We have worrying numbers ... more employed in the labour [sector in Lebanon], and some girls getting into early child marriage,' he said.](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/jFvVnSdCFAWkeyLkHBGrFHnod00=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/thenational/STEUWXNVWDW4UB6IGRZQNWYCLM.jpg)
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