(Zaman al-Wasl)- A high school was opened Sunday in Jarablus in the name of martyr Ahmad Saleem al-Mala. The high school has been equipped with best educational means for pupils and teachers by the Turkish Government. The opening of school comes after 3 years of closing all the city schools due to ISIS capture of the city.
The school located in the center of the city was opened by Gaziantep city hall in cooperation with UNICEF and coordination and supervision of the city’s local council amid Turkish official presence represented by deputy chief of Turkish government and governor of Gaziantep and Karakamis governor as well as a number of Turkish MPs. Also, several members form the city local council attended the opening ceremony.
Activist Jawdat al-Jeeran told Zaman al-Wasl that AFAD has removed all strange objects inside the school and rebuild and restored the walls to furnish the school later on and hide the traces of destruction left by ISIS.
Our talker confirmed that, “the school offers middle school education and high school,” pointing out that the, “school is considered the first of its kind and it is expected to be generalized in most areas of Euphrates Shield if it succeeds.”
He indicated that teaching staff are from the area and material adopted in free schools will be taught in addition to Turkish language, English and French. Staff salaries are paid by UNICEF under direct supervision of the Turkish Government.
The establishment of the first school of its kind was widely received and welcomed by the population to educated their dropped out children. He revealed that, “there are those with agendas either internal or external who doubted this step and tried to affect the population being far away from their interests and the interests of children education in Jarablus.”
Al-Jeeran from Jarablus considered that “opening the school is a natural step that is not different from opening any service or water or power station. It answers the needs of sons of Jarablus to study and learn after a long drop out be it in Jarablus or in other areas.”
He added that, “Jarablus lacks schools to host all the children in the city. The city only has an agricultural high school, one female high school, and male high school in addition to 4 primary schools. Most of these schools have been partially damaged, but they can be restored.”
Al-Jeeran indicated that Jarablus Martyrs school is the first high school in the city, pointing out that it has been equipped to have a capacity of taking 2000 students and can serve sons of southern and western countryside of the city.
Regarding conditioning teaching of Turkish language in the school in exchange for funding, he explained that Turkish language has been put on all teaching plans in 2010 in high school curriculum by the regime, but the idea was cancelled later. He indicated that, “teaching this language is not a negative thing. It is like all the rest of foreign languages which are taught in all schools in liberated regions.”
He continued that, “Turkish has become a necessity since there are around 3 million Syrians in Turkey and also to communicate with neighbor turkey. So it is more important than any other language these days.”
Several Turkish charity organizations has announced last September they are prepared to support government institutions in Jarablus like restoring schools according to what AA agency said.
Chief of Anadolu Organization Turgay Aldimir said his organization is working to restore life to normal in the city and is cooperating with several charity organizations on top of them is Anadolu organization for Women and Family Affairs.
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