(Zaman Al Wasl)- The Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) announced the start of the school season, anticipating more than 500,000 students in territory it controls in northeastern Syria, amid criticism of the situation of school buildings in Deir Ezzor and the curricula used in Hasaka, Tal Abyad, and Ayn al-Arab.
The local Furat Post network published pictures of some schools in the area affected by the fighting against the Islamic State receiving children with volunteer teachers in the absence of school supplies and seats, with the students sitting on the ground.
In Deir Ezzor province, the committee is expected to receive more than 200,000 students and 5,478 teachers in 465 schools after the renovation of 81 new schools, according to the Autonomous Administration data.
The Education Authority has already announced the beginning of school year, starting Sunday 15 September 2019 and ending on 28 May 2020, with 4223 schools in Jazira and Manbij opening its doors to receive more than 500,000 students, including 320,489 students in Hasakah, Raqqa, and Ayn al-Arab.
The Kurdish administration has prepared teachers to teach according to courses of competence and curriculum methods, adopting a teaching system under the "principles of the democratic nation" (known as the Kurdish curriculum) in Kurdish, Arabic and Syriac languages. This faced some criticism for fear that the new generation will not be able to pursue an education in Syrian universities, especially in Hasakah, northern Raqqa, and Ayn al-Arab, despite rumors of the adoption of curricula provided by the UNICEF.
At least 8,000 teachers from the cities of Tabqa and Raqqa underwent a training course for over two months in the summer, during which they received lessons on how to teach in all subjects based on their specialties.
65 schools in Democratic Union-controlled areas, north of Aleppo, started school on September 8, receiving around 13,000 students, including 10,000 in the primary and preparatory stages and 3,000 in the secondary level.
Eight years of war in Syria have killed 560,000 people and driven half the pre-war population of 22 million from their homes, including more than 6 million as refugees to neighbouring countries.
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