Iraq tries to improve human rights through education
Although the Ministry of Education and the Commission on Human Rights in Qadisiyah province are working to introduce human rights principles in schools, the project lacks much-needed support from the state.
![IRAQ/KUWAIT-SCHOOLS Students attend class in the Nafit 1, a modern school built with the aid of a grant from Kuwait, in Basra, southeast of Baghdad November 2, 2014. A country that used to have one of the finest education systems in the Middle East is struggling to provide school students with the basic opportunity to learn. In the southern port city of Basra, many school buildings are in a dilapidated state. Large numbers of children are attending schools that lack even basic water or sanitation facilities, have crumbling wal](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/05/RTR4DS60.jpg/RTR4DS60.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=mPbRbD7E)
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