Education in Houthi-controlled areas is a thing of the past and the future is unknown
English - Saturday 30 July 2022 الساعة 03:16 pm
Sana'a, NewsYemen, private:
In recent years, the Houthi militia has worked to trap and complicate the educational process in order to limit parents' irresponsible enrollment of their children in schools.
It opened the fronts and portrayed education as futile and useless, and that it sufficed a set of lectures by Abd al-Malik, the group's leader, and cultural courses, and what was stated in Lieutenant Hussein Badr al-Din al-Houthi and memorization of some of the Qur'an.
It reduced the size of the teaching staff to the equivalent of 20%, and replaced dozens of them with others who had nothing to do with the educational and educational process, and imposed on parents to pay monthly fees instead of paying salaries under the names of voluntary and community contributions.
In this context, many citizens complained that their children suffer greatly from the lack of access to information and understanding lessons, which poses great difficulty at home for children and families, while most of the school year goes on occasions, absences, and lack of discipline.
Recently, public school fees were raised and private schools were forced to raise fees, some by 40%. More importantly, the militia's exploitation of people's living conditions and its attempt to attract children through humanitarian aid.
Factors that prompted some parents this year to withdraw files and certificates and keep their children locked up in homes, as they are unable to meet the fees, especially those who have 5 to 7 children and need exorbitant sums.
These and other obstacles add to the factor of the war imposed by Iran's arm on Yemenis for eight years, which pushed nearly 4 million Yemenis out of education, most of them from basic education.
International, local and regional organizations had warned of the alarmingly high illiteracy rate among Yemenis as a result of the continuation of the conflict and the aggravation of the humanitarian situation, which has reached its peak.
