Hadhramout.. "Maryam" educational tent, a haven for displaced people in times of war
English - Wednesday 02 March 2022 الساعة 08:36 am
In the letters of the alphabet and the classical Arabic language, the tongues of those enrolled in the Maryama camp in Seiyun are pronounced to eradicate the illiteracy of displaced women of different ages. On a wooden board that resembles a blackboard, their teacher tries during the educational session to accommodate the numbers and provide an educational environment that meets the purpose, as there is no second class for the first students in the tent .
The tent with small torn holes hold 50 girls, mothers, and elderly women setting on the ground to teach them Arabic letters, pronunciation and writing in the early stages of teaching to eradicate illiteracy, among displaced women in Seiyun District, Hadramout Governorate, which came as an initiative of the teacher "Sadia Thawab" to open a small teacher in which girls are taught So that he can face life, reading and writing easily.
The literacy tent erased ignorance among many girls, women and housewives who were displaced by the might of the Houthi coup militias and made them able to teach their children to read and write, especially those who attended regular schools and made mothers follow their children in education, study and study tests for them, in addition to understanding terminology Multiple purchases of medicines and shopping for various household matters.
The teacher of the tent, "Sadia Thawab", who was displaced from Hajjah governorate through Hodeidah to Saiyun, told "NewsYemen" that the caller to establish the educational tent after the suffering of girls from the difficulty of obtaining study seats for different age differences and their failure to accept them in classrooms in government schools, stressing that it paid A lot of time and money in order to teach these people until their scientific desires are fulfilled in order to learn and make them educated housewives who are able to deal with the requirements of the times, reality and life, explaining that the teaching methods in the tent are divided over seven days in which there are evening periods and two divided batches day after day until the tent can accommodate everyone and The knowledge reaches them.
She added, "The educational curricula that are taught in the tent contain mathematics, Arabic and science, in addition to the Holy Qur'an and Islamic education" as first stages until progressing years later to the English language and the rest of the curricula accompanying the educational process in secondary schools and schools without government approval or desire by the relevant authorities By integrating the educational tent into the literacy classes as an official recognition.
While the 43-year-old Umm Amir al-Barh, during her conversation with "NewYesmen", praised the primitive methods of teaching, which enabled her to make her a decent mother for her children, who teaches them, teaches them and studies their lessons, citing (the mother is a school if you prepare her, you will prepare a people of good races). , I hope more for the sake of educating girls and children after depriving them of education as a result of the absurd Houthi war, which made them flee from his oppression and displace them to a city that lacks services and social care, calling on the government authorities, the Ministry of Education and the literacy system to ensure that everyone in society has the right to education without No condition or restriction, so that ignorance does not spread among the displaced.
In turn, the student, "Salma Aziz", through "NewsYemen", stressed the need to establish a literacy center to serve the displaced to end the ignorance among them, as well as to provide books necessary for their studies and seats that give the atmosphere another character to demand education and remove ignorance, noting that the mini-teacher gave her an incentive It is great to use the mobile phone, write its various applications, and correspond completely without bothering or consulting a relative.
The educational tent is the only refuge for hundreds of displaced people; But education there is difficult, as no piece of cloth can protect against the noise of the wind and the ocean, nor from low or high temperatures, and the ways of life in the camps have become difficult; But how will excellence be possible if the surrounding environment is available to teach these people
In the cities of the Hadhramaut Valley, government projects to establish schools and secondary schools that accommodate male and female students from the governorate’s population are lacking, especially with the increasing number of arrivals, displaced and returning to the homeland, which puts pressure on the process of assimilation in schools and secondary schools.
It is noteworthy that the number of students enrolled in the basic stage of public and private education schools reached 32 thousand and 777 students this year, while the secondary stage (6 thousand and 454 male and female students), and the number of students in one classroom at Al-Sabban Secondary School for Boys in Seiyun Governmental reached more than 80 students While Al-Adib Bakathir High School for Girls, the number of female students in one hall is about 70, despite the lack of classroom space.