Academics in a symposium on education: Qatar and Oman are major supporters of printing the Houthi curriculum
English - Wednesday 29 December 2021 الساعة 09:30 am
Aden, NewsYemen:
For an hour and a half, academics and researchers discussed, in a symposium via the Zoom application, the devastating effects of the war on the education sector in Yemen.
The participants - in the discussion seminar held under the title "The war in Yemen and its negative effects on the field of education, and what is the role of civil society organizations in raising awareness and supporting education" and with the support of the German-Yemeni Organization for Democracy and Peaceful Development - discussed what the education sector has been exposed to since the invasion of the Houthi militia Sana'a at the end of 2014.
Dr. Jamal Al-Humairi, Dr. Arwa Al-Khattabi, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Al-Nahari, Dr. Muhammad Abdullah, Dr. Abdul-Wahhab Al-Auj, Dr. Muhammad Shanif, researcher Walid Al-Qadimi, and Numan Al-Hudhaifi spoke at the symposium.
The speakers unanimously agreed on the seriousness of what the Houthi militia is doing against education and the shortcomings in the role of civil society organizations and official government agencies in the liberated areas.
The event included frightening numbers and many phenomena regarding the systematic dredging process and the printing of curricula with the support of external parties, the most important of which are the states of Qatar and the Sultanate of Oman, in addition to some organizations.
Some important solutions were put forward in the face of the Houthi group, including dedicating electronic lessons through programs, opening a special channel, and pressing towards completely neutralizing education and highlighting the roles played by Iran's arm towards civil and international society.
Muhammad Abdullah from Hadhramaut reviewed the state of education in general and university in particular, and the negative role of the legitimate government in the lack of interest, and that there are individual efforts trying towards the continuity of education with the presence of civil disobedience and protests from time to time.
The reality of education in the liberated districts of Hodeidah governorate and the role played by the local authority there with limited capabilities and the role of the State of Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia in restoring life to the aspect of higher and basic education was also discussed.
Everyone stressed that the responsibility is collective and uneven, and everyone, without exception, must be united in the face of this bulldozing. The seminar was ably moderated by Professor Osama Al-Awadi.
