Mosul schoolchildren still left behind, five years after ISIL

Teachers try their best, but schools in Mosul have not yet been able to return to their pre-ISIL standards [NRC]

As Mosul marks five years since its liberation from ISIL (ISIS) occupation, children and youth are still struggling through a strained school system and difficulty in finding work in Iraq’s second biggest city.

Thousands of students are studying in schools that still require rehabilitation following the urban operation to retake the city, classrooms are overcrowded with inadequate teachers, and children are being sent to school without books or stationery.