The phrase "a lack of school" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where there is an absence of educational institutions or formal schooling.
Example: "The rural community faced significant challenges due to a lack of school options for children."
Alternatives: "absence of schooling" or "shortage of educational facilities".
Mostly, I don't believe that problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan stem from a lack of money or a lack of school buildings.
In addition, the educational system is further stressed by a lack of school buildings and teaching materials and the limited number of qualified teachers.
"Almost half the dropouts [take place] between the first and second grades, and we attribute this to a lack of school readiness," says De Vera, "Some pupils' first experience of school is at age seven or eight".
Around the world, 125 million children 6 to 11 years old are out of school, most because of a lack of school buildings, textbooks and qualified teachers as well as inability to pay for school fees, uniforms and transportation.
The strike arrived after months of violence in Chicago — homicides are up 30 percent over last year — and in some neighborhoods, families said they worried that a lack of school might bring still more danger.
Mr. Romney assailed what he called the "unfairness" of a lack of school choice, contribution requirements for union workers, higher benefits for government workers and growing federal debt that will burden future generations.
The problem is not a lack of schools.
However, he admitted that traditions and a lack of schools were not the only restrictions to female education.
Though elementary education is free and compulsory, its quality is hampered by a lack of schools and teachers.
"It is generally not the case that a lack of schools or roads drives conflict," the report quotes Rajiv Shah, the administrator of U.S.A.I.D., as saying.
Juhapura, where I have lived since 2012, has few paved roads or sewage systems and each year about 2,000 children are denied an education because of a lack of schools.
