A Qualitative Research on Syrian Working Children’s Education Problems

Abstract

Children who are defenceles side of the war, are becoming disadvantageous with their process of\rthe forced emigration and also the period of the studies. Emigrant children’s education issue has critical\rimportance because of finishing the disadvantages circumstance of studies and having adaptation with\rsociety which they live in. Thus, this vulnerable group’s process of the education has new difficulties which\rthey have to struggle against them beside the difficulties which they had until reaching. At this point, some\rnon-governmental organisations have significant and unique studies on the purpose of including Syrian\rchildren in the education life and standing by them against the difficulties of education process. In this scope\rof research, association which choosed with purposive sampling had focus group discussion with 4 students\rand in-depth interview with 17 students which are participating education life instead of working life. This\rresearch was found ethically appropriate according to the decision of the social and human sciences research\rand publication ethics committee, dated 07.12.2021 and numbered 2021/67. Thereafter, in this qualitative\rresearch which is conducted with descriptive approach proved the difficulties and struggles which Syrian\rchildren’s had initially passing from working life to education life and after orientating the education system.\rAccordingly, it is possible to list the problems in their working life that working hours, working conditions\rand the hurtful attitudes in working environment. In addition, the problems in Syrian children’s education life\rthat the difficulties of the lessons, the hurtful attitudes of the the teachers and the hate speech directed by\rother students.