190,000 teachers were pushed by the Houthis to other professions
English - Sunday 14 November 2021 الساعة 09:53 am
Aden, NewsYemen:
The Houthi militia in Yemen pushed 190,000 teachers in their areas of control to search for another source of income to feed their families, including working on the streets, as a result of the militias cutting their salaries nearly five years ago.
According to a report issued by the international organization Save the Children, eight million children in Yemen need support to continue basic education, while basic services were cut off for 1.7 million children who were displaced as a result of the escalating fighting due to the war ignited by the Houthi militia after its coup against the legitimate government in the second half. From 2014, according to "Al-Sharq al-Awsat" newspaper, in its Saturday issue.
The organization said that more than half of teachers and education workers in Yemen, or about 190,000 people, have had to find second sources of income to feed themselves and their families, including street work, where they have not received regular salaries since 2016 - and that there are more than 2.2 million children are now out of school after seven years of conflict, while about 8 million children need only educational support to continue basic learning, and about 1.7 million children in the country have been displaced and cut off from basic services.
“Teachers and education staff are critical to the learning process and to ensuring that children receive the learning they need,” said Chiara Moroni, an education consultant with Save the Children. today, but it will also affect the future of the country.”
"We need to nurture those who are raising a future generation," she added. "We all owe what we know today to at least one teacher in our lives who put us first because without education, boys and girls will be exposed to a whole range of protection risks at a critical time in their development and progression into adulthood.
The report stated that the education situation in Yemen was exacerbated by the Corona pandemic, as the school year ended earlier than planned in both 2020 and 2021, reducing the learning time for nearly 5.8 million students, many of whom are at risk of not returning to school due to the circumstances. Social - The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially for girls - School closures and the deteriorating economic situation due to COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 and 2021 have increased the vulnerability of children and women to multiple protection risks.
According to the report of the International Organization, “With the needs increasing across the country, chronic funding shortfalls remain a challenge, as by October 2021, funding for the UN Humanitarian Response Plan in Yemen has reached nearly 50 percent of the required amount, while funding has been Receiving only 35 percent of the funding needed to continue basic education activities.
The organization called on the parties to the conflict to abide by international law and protect schools and other civilian objects.
She called on the international community to support the cessation of hostilities to allow children to return to education, and to fully fund education as an investment in Yemen's children today and the country's future.
Since the end of 2016, the Houthi militia has stopped paying the salaries of workers in the civil administrative apparatus of the state, including teachers, and directed all the money it earns to the benefit of its fighters and leadership. Percent of the population in the areas under its control subsist on international food aid.
