Educational consequences in the Middle East unrest

In Egypt, nationwide demonstrations and repeated confrontations between demonstrators and military policemen forced several schools and educational institutions to close, while parents complained that their children were attacked by thugs on their way to school. Some rights groups said criminals used arms to take money from schoolchildren.
The unrest in the region set back the likelihood that many countries would achieve the Millennium Development Goals for education by 2015. 
In Yemen, hundreds of thousands of children stayed at home because their schools were either housing displaced people or being used as army barracks.
In the Syrian city of Homs a school came under attack.
On the positive side, the children of displaced Syrians in Lebanon were able to enrol in public schools in northern Lebanon.