High indicators of illiteracy during the Houthi era
English - Tuesday 12 January 2021 الساعة 08:55 am
Sanaa, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
The illiteracy rate in Sanaa and its neighboring governorates increased from 45% in 2014 to 65% in 2019, in a striking indication of the deterioration of the education sector since the Houthi militia coup in September 2014, and its seizure of educational institutions.
Since the brother of the leader of the Houthi militia, Yahya Badr al-Din al-Houthi, assumed the position of Minister of Education in Sana'a, the Houthi militia has turned schools into arenas to mobilize children and youth and take them to the fronts to fuel the battles for their survival in a state of usurpation of power.
Since September 2016, the Houthi militia looted the salaries of teachers and employees of the Ministry of Education, and imposed royalties and financial levies on private schools, which led to high tuition fees in these schools.
Teachers in Sana'a and its neighboring governorates complained that the Houthi militia looted the community contribution provided by parents as transportation allowances to support teachers in government schools.
The Houthi militia invested billions of riyals in the walls and walls of schools in Sana'a and its neighboring governorates, and it plundered financial relief aid provided by international organizations to support education and teachers in Yemen.
As announced by the Houthi militia in Sanaa on Sunday, January 10, the number of students studying at literacy centers for the basic and follow-up stages increased from 147,000 before the Houthi coup in 2014, to 210,000 five years after the Houthi coup, an increase of 30%. .
The Houthi militia claimed that the number of literacy classrooms increased from 5,714 classrooms in 2014 to 10,231 classrooms in 2019, with an increase rate of 44%, which means, according to these indicators, the increasing rate of illiteracy among the community.
On his Facebook page, Adel Al-Sharjabi, a professor of sociology at Sana'a University, believes that stopping the payment of salaries leads to the inability of employees' families to meet the financial requirements for educating their children, and consequently the decline in enrollment rates of children in basic education, the widespread phenomenon of child labor and street children, and an increase Dropout rates from education at all levels, including university education.
