Black trade in "curriculum" and imposing royalties on teachers of private schools
English - Wednesday 16 October 2019 الساعة 03:45 pm
“The Houthis have imposed in last two years a lot of financial royalties on us, including a deduction of at least 10% of the monthly salaries of teachers, even though we are a private sector,” one of the principals of the private schools in Sanaa told Newsyemen
The Houthi militia takes grants from international organizations in the name of educational projects, and then imposes funds on private school owners, on the same pretext.
He pointed out that the Ministry of Education, which is run by the brother of the militia leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, evacuated a number of education offices in the capital Sana'a because of "the ministry did not pay the rent of some offices" and created offices in the yard of public schools in some educational areas, adding that the ministry requires owners Schools own construction costs for these new offices.
On the other hand, one of the headmasters of public schools told News Yemen why the textbooks are not available for public schools while the private school is heavily available and also in the black market, where the price of an elementary book is 1250 riyals.
He said: "We asked the ministry to communicate with international organizations to print textbooks, even if half by half, to give the student a new half and half used, even if it is weary, however, we were surprised by the director of the education office in the region, saying: "Collect from the students 5000 riyals - 7000 riyals from each stage for those who want books and we will print them, or they can go to buy from market
He stressed that the ministry, which is subject to the Houthis, allows the printing of textbooks and sell them in the market, where the student is forced to buy at the price charged.
He added that leaders in the Ministry of Education in Sana'a and another Houthi group are behind the textbook trade.
The Houthi militia not only looted the salaries of employees in the areas under its control, and imposed a dire living reality on them, but also tended to empty schools of their students by exploiting the poverty of families that could no longer teach their children to attract them and engage them in their absurd wars against the Yemenis.
