Deep reforms to ensure the future of Lebanon’s education sector

With its flying faculty model, ESA Business School (ESA) is an exceptional case in the Lebanese higher education sector. In contrast to many other institutions, resorting to direct fundraising was rarely the approach adopted by the school during the current crisis. The approach was to find the right balance of activities by increasing the school’s capacity in shaping business executives in Lebanon as well as in the whole region. Today, ESA is doing better but is still on the road to recovery. The effort deployed by its teams is matched only by that of its partners, which made it possible to weather the storm. A return to normal is looming for the end of 2024, but the school cannot recover from yet another jolt in the unprecedented crisis that the country is experiencing. In 2023, ESA will continue to deploy a hefty plan for converting its activities that focuses on