Kiron Lebanon– Supporting refugees and underserved Lebanese communities through access to high-quality education
Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees in the world per capita, with an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees and almost one million Palestinian refugees residing in a country of just four million inhabitants. The right to education does not stop because of conflict, displacement and instability, and is the most powerful means of breaking cycles of vulnerability and poverty.
Kiron started operations in Lebanon in late 2017, supporting refugees and underserved Lebanese communities in the country. Kiron proposes a blended learning approach in Lebanon, combining online courses from renowned Higher Education Institutions on our platform with offline learning in study centers, together with a strong student support.
Three main pillars of our approach:
Transfer and online credits recognition in universities
Kiron adapts the online curriculum tracks offered to the Lebanese university model.
Kiron adapts the online curriculum tracks offered to the Lebanese university model.
Kiron provides the opportunity for the students to study credits for free on the Kiron Campus, for 6 months to up to 24 months, and then get their online credits recognized when they apply and transfer to a local partner university.
The students will then be able to save tuition fees by transferring the courses they have already studied online, pursue their studies offline and graduate from a bachelor’s degree from that university.
A strong blended learning and support system
Online and in-person guidance for students
Online and in-person guidance for students
Kiron offers tailored online and in-person guidance to students depending on the goals that they want to achieve, whether they want to go to university or envisage other pathways. Students have access to our online forum, help center, mentoring services and others, as well as in-person office hours and welcome sessions.
As online learning is very new in the region and in Lebanon, and in order to meet our students’ local needs, Kiron proposes a blended education initiative, consisting of a digital learning certificate program and peer-to-peer support components. Students are organized in groups and offered access to study centers in different regions of Lebanon. Students can thus have access to an appropriate study environment, with computers, an internet connection and pursue their online studies with a tutor present to guide them through the course, and give complementary offline academic support.
A policy advocacy agenda on online learning
Advancing the culture and the recognition of online learning
Advancing the culture and the recognition of online learning
To ensure sustainable prospects for our students and beyond, Kiron also holds a policy advocacy agenda in Lebanon.
We work with multiple stakeholders, students, faculty members, other NGOs and ministerial bodies including the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, in order to advance the culture and the recognition of online learning on a macro-level in the country.
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Kiron proposes a blended learning approach in Lebanon, combining online courses (MOOCs) from renowned Higher Education Institutions on our platform with offline learning in study centers, together with a strong blended student support.
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