Yet Laurent Cantet's French film, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and a Oscar nomination, is a wonderful reconstruction of school life and its tedious routine.
Prior to its reconstruction, the school was a deteriorating mud structure unfit for children.
UNICEF supports the reconstruction of schools in Haiti PORT-AU-PRINCE, PORT-AU-PRINCE PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti damaged or destroyed schools has been a UNICEF priority since last year's earthquake.
Return to normalcy depends on schools MAKATI CITY, Philippines, 10 December 2004 - UNICEF today appealed for the immediate reconstruction of schools and day care centers in storm-damaged areas of the Philippines.
It is involved in the reconstruction of schools and is exploring counter-narcotics training programs for Afghan police and alternative livelihood options for poppy farmers.
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education campaigner shot by the Taliban, has donated $50,000 (nearly £31,000) towards the reconstruction of schools in Gaza.
The Ministry of Finance has allotted $196 million for the repair and reconstruction of schools damaged in the earthquake that struck southwest China in May, according to Xinhua, the state news agency.
Earlier this month, the authorities announced a £76bn recovery plan for the quake zone, promising to prioritise the reconstruction of schools and hospitals - and vowing to make them "extremely safe and solid structures the public can feel reassured about".
"After 30 years of war we need everything: reconstruction, clinics, schools and roads.
However, a previous study of alternative construction materials for reconstruction of schools in Haiti showed the advantage of recycled construction materials in humanitarian construction.
