At my school, we work in a two-shift system owing to a lack of funds and overcrowding. My students - 900 refugee girls aged between 6 and 16 - start the day at 6.45am and finish at 12.30pm.

First on the timetable is exercise in the schoolyard, and speeches from students who are in the school parliament. We then have morning lessons and 15 minutes for lunch - not long enough to eat a whole meal - before they go back to lessons for the rest of the morning.

In a typical day, I teach physics and basic science for students, and I have 26 classes per week. It takes a great effort.

My students suffer from several challenges both inside and outside school. At home - which for many is the Palestinian refugee camp nearby - there’s poverty, lack of minimum living wage and the threat of an early marriage.

Within school, there’s overcrowding in the classroom - each class has about 50 students. But that does not stop us from giving them the best education possible.

We try to give them the hope that they won’t be in this situation forever.

Samar Nazzal teaches science at Irbid Town Preparatory Girls’ School in Jordan