(Zaman Al Wasl)- From their humble schools in the Kurds’ and Turkmen’s mountains, from their poor villages, the children of Latakia’s countryside moved with their parents to tents set up for them far away from the axis of conflict and regime bombing, hoping for safe residence.
The honorable teachers of Latakia’s countryside opened schools for them, in tents that resemble those they are living in, for them to receive what they need to learn. Of course there is no talk of games, swings, gardens or other means of entertainment.
The criminal mind of al-Assad did not accept the idea of them continuing their education or lives. The regime’s airplanes targeted them with explosive barrels and stereo-chemical missiles, it bombed them with tanks and artillery. Murder after murder, and spared those remaining from another migration, as they moved to the most extreme point inside Syria to a point along the Turkish border.
-Shadi’s dream-
Their teachers did not leave them, they dedicated some tents to teach them in, torn books, many of which are tainted with the blood of their peers and family. The important thing is that the letters and children’s drawings on the pages are clear.
“The minimum education is better than no education,” said Shadi’s dad. He added, “I accept in our circumstances that my son can read and write, we wait for a free tomorrow when I will teach him everything if life is written for me and him.”
Shadi’s father, is a teacher in the tent school, eyes flooded with tears, “rather than becoming doctors or engineers, the criminal al-Assad forced our children to think about protecting their parents and land. Oh Allah when will this tyranny and nightmare be removed from upon us.”
-Schools in the Camps-
Ahmad al-Yamini, the manager of the free education in Lattakia said, “after the three demonic attacks on the Syrian people in the Kurds and Turkmen mountains, and the area of Bidama most of the schools stopped. We opened six schools in the camps close to the Turkish border.”
He adds for Zaman al-Wasl, “During a month, with the start of the third month in this year we managed to prepare our children for school, but this time in tents and not classes. We are working on raising awareness to attract middle school and high school students to continue their education even if it is in mobile schools.” The directorate of education works according to an alternative plan placed to deal with the exceptional circumstances. Despite the tough financial situation that we are going through we managed to students with free transfers.
Al-Yamani continues, “we beg the value of diesel from the factions. We thank Allah that the teaching operation is going relatively well. We have arrived at an advanced phase in institutional work in coordination with the court that certified on the administrative directive about the independence of education, and considered the directorate as the sole reference for pedagogical and education activities.”
-We do not care about death-
Al-Yamani criticized the organizations that claim to fight for children’s rights through activities and psycho-social support, considering them “projects to steal money from sponsoring parties, and they are not executed based on scientific and safe methods.” He said that the directorate will stop any activities that does not happen under its auspices, until it is done based on safe interventions that aid the pedagogical and educational process as the two things are contingent and inseparable.
“We do not care for death, bombing, we will continue our work, educating our children deserves us to make this sacrifice and endure the suffering. We do not want them to lose their opportunity to learn as they are losing their homes, relatives and even some their parents,” Al-Yamani concluded.
It is estimated that the number of students in Latakia’s countryside reach around 10 thousand. Part of them migrated with their relatives to Turkey and Idlib. The rest live in the camps where schools have been opened to absorb all of them.
(Translation by Rana Abdul)
The honorable teachers of Latakia’s countryside opened schools for them, in tents that resemble those they are living in, for them to receive what they need to learn. Of course there is no talk of games, swings, gardens or other means of entertainment.
The criminal mind of al-Assad did not accept the idea of them continuing their education or lives. The regime’s airplanes targeted them with explosive barrels and stereo-chemical missiles, it bombed them with tanks and artillery. Murder after murder, and spared those remaining from another migration, as they moved to the most extreme point inside Syria to a point along the Turkish border.
-Shadi’s dream-
Their teachers did not leave them, they dedicated some tents to teach them in, torn books, many of which are tainted with the blood of their peers and family. The important thing is that the letters and children’s drawings on the pages are clear.
“The minimum education is better than no education,” said Shadi’s dad. He added, “I accept in our circumstances that my son can read and write, we wait for a free tomorrow when I will teach him everything if life is written for me and him.”
Shadi’s father, is a teacher in the tent school, eyes flooded with tears, “rather than becoming doctors or engineers, the criminal al-Assad forced our children to think about protecting their parents and land. Oh Allah when will this tyranny and nightmare be removed from upon us.”
-Schools in the Camps-
Ahmad al-Yamini, the manager of the free education in Lattakia said, “after the three demonic attacks on the Syrian people in the Kurds and Turkmen mountains, and the area of Bidama most of the schools stopped. We opened six schools in the camps close to the Turkish border.”
He adds for Zaman al-Wasl, “During a month, with the start of the third month in this year we managed to prepare our children for school, but this time in tents and not classes. We are working on raising awareness to attract middle school and high school students to continue their education even if it is in mobile schools.” The directorate of education works according to an alternative plan placed to deal with the exceptional circumstances. Despite the tough financial situation that we are going through we managed to students with free transfers.
Al-Yamani continues, “we beg the value of diesel from the factions. We thank Allah that the teaching operation is going relatively well. We have arrived at an advanced phase in institutional work in coordination with the court that certified on the administrative directive about the independence of education, and considered the directorate as the sole reference for pedagogical and education activities.”
-We do not care about death-
Al-Yamani criticized the organizations that claim to fight for children’s rights through activities and psycho-social support, considering them “projects to steal money from sponsoring parties, and they are not executed based on scientific and safe methods.” He said that the directorate will stop any activities that does not happen under its auspices, until it is done based on safe interventions that aid the pedagogical and educational process as the two things are contingent and inseparable.
“We do not care for death, bombing, we will continue our work, educating our children deserves us to make this sacrifice and endure the suffering. We do not want them to lose their opportunity to learn as they are losing their homes, relatives and even some their parents,” Al-Yamani concluded.
It is estimated that the number of students in Latakia’s countryside reach around 10 thousand. Part of them migrated with their relatives to Turkey and Idlib. The rest live in the camps where schools have been opened to absorb all of them.
(Translation by Rana Abdul)
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