in der Nähe? finanziert durch den Iran und Katar war der uneinigen beachten.
YO: Der Direktor der Scheich Abdul-Majid al-ZINDANI, Rektor der Al-Eman-Universität verweigert Behauptungen von einigen jemenitischen Webseiten, dass es eine offene Lager Zug Jihad-Kämpfer an der Universität.
Das ist auch gut, jemenitischen Straßenkinder haben eine sehr rauhe Leben.
US-Department of Labor Fonds, CHF International und CSSW neue Programm: ACCESS-Plus
Sana'a, Jemen - Am 30. September 2008, den USA Department of Labor, Büro der Kinderarbeit, Zwangsarbeit und Menschenhandel vergeben CHF International und der lokalen Umsetzung der Partner, gemeinnützige Gesellschaft für soziale Wohlfahrt (CSSW), ein Drei - Jahr Programm für 3,5 Millionen Dollar gefordert Alternativen zur Bekämpfung der Kinderarbeit durch Bildung und nachhaltige Service-Plus, (ACCESS-Plus) zur Bekämpfung der gefährlichen Kinderarbeit im Jemen.
Das Ziel von CHF International ACCESS-Plus-Programms ist es, 4100 Kindern aus den schlimmsten Formen der Kinderarbeit (WFCL), um zu verhindern, dass 3000 Kinder in die WFCL, und ihnen Bildung und Entwicklung von Leben, in den Provinzen der Al Hudaydah, Taiz, Hajja und Aden. ACCESS-Plus wird die kritische Masse Sensibilisierung, Unterstützung und Maßnahmen, die für Jemen, um die Akzeptanz der schlimmsten Formen der Kinderarbeit in diesem Land. Darüber hinaus ist der Zugang-Plus arbeitet direkt mit Kindern, um sie von Kinderarbeit oder verhindern, dass sie von Anfang Kinderarbeit und Anmeldung in Bildungseinrichtungen. ACCESS-Plus-Aktivitäten werden sich auf Kinder, die in der Fischerei, der Landwirtschaft, der städtischen Arbeitsplätze, und die, die Opfer zu Saudi-Arabien, dort zu arbeiten oder den Schmuggel von Waren über die Grenze.
Auf nationaler Ebene, CHF CSSW und wird in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ministerium für Arbeit, der Hohe Rat für Mütter und Kinder, IAA, und anderen lokalen und internationalen Partnern, um das Bewusstsein für das weit verbreitete Problem der Kinderarbeit im Jemen. CHF wird weitere Forschung zum besseren Verständnis der Gefahren, denen Kinder ausgesetzt sind, und zur Ermittlung von Alternativen, die es für Kinder, die Kinderarbeit.
1 - Viele Studenten im Ausland haben ihre Stipendien als Folge der nepotim.
2 - Wegen der grassierenden Korruption in den meisten jemenitischen embassys, Studenten-Mittel sind oft veruntreut.
3 - Im Jahr 2007, eine Ausschreibung für Mumbai, dass jihaddi Gruppen haben Kontakte mit hochrangigen al-Qaida-Führer im Jemen. Er beschreibt die Wahrscheinlichkeit, weiche Ziele zu treffen. Ein Dezember 2006 Ausschreibung für Goa wurde nach Saudis entdeckt detaillierte planns eines Terror-Anschlag auf bestimmte Websites im Goa auf einem Computer erfasst jemenitischen.
Goa Polizei Sonde Details der jemenitische Studenten treffen
9. Dezember 2008, 1617 Uhr MESZ, PTIPanaji: Eine Sammlung von jemenitischen Jugend am Strand Punktierung Panaji Stadt unter Scanner der staatlichen Polizei, die Frage nach den Einzelheiten der Deckung.
"Wir werden die Anfragen in der Sitzung, wenn alle es stattgefunden hat. Wir sind bereits auf unseren Zehen, um die Aktivitäten der jemenitische Studenten in Goa", stellvertretender Leiter der Polizei Sammy Tavares sagte Reportern hier, am Dienstag.
Die Polizei schwang in Aktion nach einem Medien-Bericht und ein Foto auf Marathi lokalen Tageszeitung "Doot Goa", das die Frage auf der Sitzung einen Tag vor Eid.
Die Medien berichten, die ein Bild der religiösen Kopf auf die am Meer, dass die Sitzung fand am Morgen des 8. Dezember.
"Wir hatten keine Informationen über diese Tagung, aber immer noch sind wir auf unsere Arbeit zu überprüfen", sagte Tavares.
Superintendent der Polizei (CID) Atmaram Deshpande, dass die Sitzung kann zu bieten Gebet als in den arabischen Ländern Eid gefeiert wird einen Tag im Voraus.
Er sagte, dass der Staat die Polizei auf Bestätigungs-Laufwerk Vorgeschichte Überprüfung aller ausländischen Studierenden. "Viele von ihnen nicht an den Klassen, so dass wir haben die Institutionen, ihre detaillierte wöchentliche Teilnahme", Deshpande, der auch die Aufgabe zu staatlichen spezielle Zellen zur Bekämpfung des Terrorismus wahrscheinlich Aktivität, sagte.
Die Polizei hat empfohlen, dass alle Institute die Vermittlung von Bildung für die ausländischen Studierenden werden von der staatlichen Bildungs-Abteilung.
"Der Kollektor wird das Recht zu kündigen, ihre Lizenzen, wenn sie sich gegen die Leitlinien, die von Behörden", sagte er.
Offenbar im Jemen ihre illegalen zu lehren, dass der Führer des Staates sollte nur Haschemitischen, das ist ein orthadox gesehen, aber die rechtlichen zu lehren, dass die Welt sollte von einer globalen Kalifats. Eines der erklärten Houthis Punkte des Anstoßes Bezug auf religiöse Schulen im Rahmen der breiter gefassten Beschwerde der Umstellung gezwungen. Inzwischen ist die Dar al-hadith-Netzwerk der religiösen Schulen gibt es viele, viele Ableger. Wahrscheinlich die 800 Schulen nach unten Zaidi Schulen sind nicht Neo-Salafi Schulen. Auf jeden Fall, ich bin fast sicher, aber zu faul zu graben durch den Archiven, dass diese die gleichen sind wie die Statistik 2005 (800/4000), die Ankündigung zu diesem Zeitpunkt wurde mit einer Runde Applaus, dass das Regime Kracken auf extremistische Schulen. Aber jetzt, dass die Richter al-Hittar ist der Fall, ich bin mir sicher, dass alle Schulen in Einklang gebracht werden mit der Regelung genehmigten Lehrplan.
20 Prozent der religiösen Schulen im Jemen unbeobachtet: Bericht
Sana'a, Dez. 09 (Saba) - Ein offizieller Bericht hat ergeben, dass rund 20 Prozent der religiösen Schulen im Jemen bleiben Betrieb ohne staatliche Beobachtung.
Der Bericht des Ministeriums für Stiftungen und Ausrichtung fest, dass fast 4000 Religionsschule im Jemen, von denen 80 Prozent werden direkt von der Regierung durch die Ministerien für Stiftungen und Ausrichtung sowie Bildung.
Der Bericht sagt, die beiden Ministerien sind derzeit folgende bis unbeobachtet religiösen Schulen in dem Bemühen, schließen Sie alle Schulen, die in Widerspruch zu der jemenitischen Recht.
Ein großer Artikel in The National mit enormen Hindernisse für Behinderte in Jemen.
Es gibt keine genauen Zahlen für die Zahl der behinderten Menschen im Jemen, oder auf ihre demographische Aufschlüsselung, aber die Regierung hat geschätzt, dass es über 380.000 im Jahr 2004, eine Zahl Rechte Gruppen sagen, grob unterschätzt.
In einer konservativen Gesellschaft wie Jemen, wo die Frauen haben einige Rechte, die körperlich behindert ist doppelt schwierig, sagte Jamalah al Baidani, die Challenge-Gesellschaft Regisseur. "Die Leute schauen auf behinderte Frauen als nutzlos und eine schwere Belastung für ihre Familie. Einige Familien Kraft ihre behinderten Töchter zu betteln, zu verkaufen oder Rollstühle oder Hörgeräte an andere behinderte Menschen, einige sogar ihre Kinder das Geld verdienen. "
Frau Baidani sagte mangelndes Bewusstsein ist der Hauptgrund, warum die Gesellschaft so intolerant von Menschen mit Behinderungen und die Beseitigung der sozialen Stigmatisierung würde eine größere Beteiligung der Regierung und den Medien.
Das ist eine gute Idee
Sana'a, Sept. 6 - Der Minister für Bildung erklärt, dass das Ministerium arbeitet derzeit an einer Studie zur primären beschäftigen 30.000 Hochschulabsolventen im Rahmen des Programms der Beseitigung des Analphabetismus. "Wir bereiten eine primäre Studie zu beschäftigen mindestens 30.000 Hochschulabsolventen im Rahmen der Beseitigung des Analphabetentums Programm," Minister für Bildung Abd Al-Salam Hizam Muhammad Al-Jawfi sagte.
Laut Al-Jawfi, die Analphabetenrate in Jemen war 63 Prozent während the1990s, hat aber jetzt weniger als 45 Prozent. "Die Anstrengungen, die die Regierung, NRO und internationale Organisationen, die Verbreitung von Schulen, die allgemeine Grundbildung und die Umverteilung der Lehrer eine Menge dazu beigetragen, in absteigender der Analphabetenrate," Al-Jawfi bekräftigt.
Wie üblich Umsetzung ist eine andere Sache insgesamt, da die Schulen müssen wieder erstattet durch den Staat.
Sana'a, Aug. 27 - Jemen Bildungs-Minister in einer Erklärung an die Jemen Times "am Dienstag, dass sein Ministerium untersucht die Schulleiter, die gegen ihre Entscheidung zu beseitigen Grundschule Gebühren.
Letzte Woche hat das Bildungsministerium ein Gesetz zur Entbindung primär Studenten von der Zahlung von Schulgeld für Mädchen der Klassen 1 bis 9 und Jungen der Klassen 1 bis 6. Die Ankündigung kommt nur zwei Wochen vor dem Beginn des Schuljahres 2008-2009.
Sana'a, Aug. 27 - Ein Beamter aus der Allgemeinen Union der jemenitische Studenten an Universitäten Amran Sana'a und hat angekündigt, dass nach einer Fünf-Tage-sit-in, Rektor der Universität Sana'a beherzigt hat die Forderungen der protestierenden Studenten .
Die Anforderungen, die Erhöhung der Kapazität Immatrikulation, Verringerung der erforderlichen High School Notendurchschnitt (GPA) und das Hinzufügen 125 Sitze für das öffentliche System der Fakultät für Informatik, mit dem Ziel der Erhöhung der Student Immatrikulation. Sana'a University Verwaltung hat auch die Registrierung weitere 200 Studenten in das öffentliche System in seiner Fakultät für Handel und Wirtschaft und 300 in der paralleles System. Laut einer Erklärung der Allgemeinen Union der jemenitische Studenten, Universität Verwaltung abgebrochen 1865 Sitze in der Öffentlichkeit und 104 in der parallelen Systems, womit die Hochschule in der Lage ist und dass die Studenten zu protestieren zwischen Aug. 19 und 25 Jahren. Ridwan Masoud, Leiter der Allgemeinen Union der jemenitische Studenten, behauptet, dass die Universität den Zugang zu Bildung für die weniger privilegierten Studierenden durch abnehmende Akzeptanz in der parallel und die Erhöhung der für das öffentliche System.
aber ich dachte, aber die Reform war gut!
Sahwa Net - Allgemeine Union der jemenitische Student hat die Verhaftung von drei Studenten wieder durch die Sicherheitskräfte in Ibb Universität, nachdem sie hatte letzte Woche erschienen ist.
Quellen der Student Union, sagte, dass die drei Studierenden, Majed Al-Awdi, Walid al-Walid und Laith Al-Sharabi wurden verhaftet, weil sie schrieb über Korruption in der Universität in einem Papier von der Student Union.
Die Regierung in ihrem Kabinett regelmäßigen Treffen am Dienstag mit einem Budget von Jugend-Sommer-Camps für 2008 und ihre allgemeine Programm startet am 17. Juli im ganzen Land.
Die Lager sind 31 und die 718 Zentren, 382 Männer und 134 Frauen, 48 Zentren für die Erziehung von religiösen Pflichten, 30 für Frauen Pfadfinder, 34 für die berufliche Bildung, 34 für die Ausbildung in Informatik und Sprachen, 58 für Sport-und 8-Zentren für Studenten. Mehr als 200 tausend männliche und weibliche Teilnehmer wird von diesen 40-Tage lange Lagern.
Darüber hinaus gibt es 600 Zentren für die Ausbildung 100 Tausend Studenten auf Auswendiglernen der Heilige Koran in der Hauptstadt Sanaa und in anderen Provinzen des Landes.
Eine ausgezeichnete Bericht von Mareb Presse über die Schwierigkeiten, mit denen die Studenten in Marib
Revenges und in Stämmen Konflikte entziehen Mareb Schüler von der Schule
Lokale Nachrichten: Große Kampf zu erreichen Hochschulen
Sonntag, 27. April 2008 / Mareb PresseBildung ist das Recht aller Menschen. Aus dieser Perspektive betrachtet, Mareb Schüler beginnen, ihre Hochschulbildung trotz der Stammes-Konflikte in der Provinz. Die Persistenz der Studierenden bei der Verfolgung ihrer universitären Ausbildung trotz der Schwierigkeiten, denen sie sich in Transport und Reisen durch die Wüste zu Fuß machen Sie sich überraschen.
Gleichzeitig werden die Studenten verurteilt die kontinuierliche Tribal Konflikte, von denen sie zum Opfer, auch wenn sie nicht auf die Teile von Konflikten. Also, sie nachdrücklich fordern, dass die Hochschulen "Hejer" respektiert, sicher und sicher Orte verboten zu Schaden. Nachdem sie vorenthalten wurden von der University Bildung für mehrere Jahre, der Fakultät für Bildungswissenschaften Künste und Wissenschaften wurden zwei Jahren vor, sie hoffen, bei der Verfolgung der Hochschulbildung. Allerdings werden die Studenten noch immer von der Stammes-Konflikte, in dieser Untersuchung, einige Studenten erzählen werden die Schwierigkeiten und Leiden, denen sie sich in der Verfolgung ihrer universitären Ausbildung.
Reisen Belastungen und die Banditen:
Saeed Al-Athel, zweite Ebene, die Fakultät für Kunst, Serwah Bezirk, sagte, dass sie Schwierigkeiten in weiter Ferne, Transport, das Fehlen von Unterkunft, Labors und Bibliotheken in Mareb College. Er sagte, diese Probleme aus der Bildungs-Prozess erschwert, aber er bestätigt, dass die Bildungs-Atmosphäre besser war im letzten Jahr.
Wird jeder, der AIDS-Behandlung kostenlos bei al-Iman U.
aus dem Jemen Post
Sheikh Abdul Majeed Al-ZINDANI, Präsident der Al-Eman-Universität:
"Die Vereinigten Staaten hat sich die Welt, dass sie die bedrückende Nation in der Geschichte. Es ist das Land, dass zwei Millionen Menschen getötet und fünf Millionen Vertriebene im Irak durch eine Lüge es sich auf der Welt. In all seinen Anschuldigungen auf seine Feinde, sie fabriziert liegt und abhängig von der Arroganz der Macht. Das gleiche Art und Weise, dass es sich auf den Irak Massenvernichtungswaffen ergab, alle es liegt bekannt sein wird, und seine politische Führung wird verflucht im Laufe der Geschichte! "Interview mit: Hakim Almasmari (Jemen POST Mitarbeiter)
Artikel Datum: 28. April 2008 نص المقابلة باللغة العربيةJemen Post: Wann war der erste AIDS-Fall, dass Sie mit Ihrem cured Medizin?
Sheikh Abdul Majeed Al-ZINDANI: Fast fünf Jahre vor.
YP: Warum haben Sie nicht bis jetzt Patent Ihrer Erfindung?
AZ: Die Patentierung der Erfindung muss von uns zur Zusammenarbeit mit einer starken Behörde und Ländern, die uns helfen können, zum Schutz des Patents.
YP: Sie AIDS-Patienten bleiben unter Ihrer direkten Aufsicht und unter der klinischen Untersuchung, während und nach der Behandlung?
AZ: Dies ist eine gängige Praxis, die von den medizinischen Protokoll sowie verschiedene Schritte, die wir folgen. Sie müssen unter ständiger Aufenthalt Prüfungen während sie behandelt werden, und auch für die kommenden Jahre, nur um sicherzustellen, dass keine Probleme passiert auf dem Weg. In der Medizin, ist dies eine gängige Praxis.
YP: Es war in den Medien angekündigt, dass Al-Eman Universität bereit ist, zur Behandlung von Aids-Opfer kostenlos. Ist das wahr?
AZ: Ja, wir haben der Öffentlichkeit bekannt geben, dass wir die Behandlung von Personen, die sich aus dem AIDS-Virus kostenlos. Wir wissen, wie teuer es ist, behandelt, und deshalb sind wir bereit, und die Behandlung von Patienten kostenlos.
YP: Einschließlich Ausländern und Nicht-Muslime?
AZ: Ja. Einschließlich der Ausländer und Nicht-Muslime.
YP: Manche Menschen wissen nicht, dass Sie studierte Medizin. Hat Ihr Hintergrund in der Medizin dazu beigetragen, Sie bei der Entdeckung der neuen Medizin?
AZ: Ja, es hat mir geholfen, mich aber auf andere Weise. Es half mir, die Worte des Propheten Mohammed (pbuh) mehr. Es gab mir die Möglichkeit und die Fähigkeit, ein umfassendes Verständnis für die Wunder des Propheten die Worte, und der tiefen Sinn hinter seinen Sprüchen.
Es wäre schön, wenn er kümmerte sich so viel für die jemenitischen Mädchen.
Vorsitzender der Al-Saleh Gesellschaft für soziale Entwicklung Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh am Donnerstag der Stiftung würde bald eine Pension für palästinensische Schülerinnen in Sana'a. Die Erklärung kam während seiner Vor-Ort-Begutachtung, zusammen mit dem Minister für lokale Verwaltung Abdulqader Ali Hillal, die Al-Saleh Charitable Pension von palästinensischen Schülerinnen in Sana'a heute. Er sagte: "Al-Saleh Projekt für palästinensische Mädchen haben die Studenten die Fähigkeit für Unterkunft und Verpflegung 129 Studenten naturwissenschaftlicher Fachrichtungen mit Kosten in Höhe von 200 Millionen YR in seiner ersten Phase."
Vorsitzender der Al-Saleh Errichtung sagte der Durchführung des Projekts zielt auf die Unterstützung der palästinensischen Schülerinnen und fordere sie auf Qualität und Kreativität in den verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Bereichen und einen Teil des Jemen Versessenheit auf das Angebot ideale Pflege für die Palästinenser leben in Jemen. Er lobte zudem die Interessen der palästinensischen Frauen und Männern in der Wissenschaft als einen ersten Schlüssel für den Sieg. Er sagte, das palästinensische Volk sind als bei den meisten Ausbildung in der Welt trotz der Leiden von Torturen und Katastrophen unter der Besatzung. Herr Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh wies darauf hin, Jemen Firma stehen der Unterstützung der palästinensischen Sache und die Menschen, bis sie alle ihre legitimen Rechte und der Festlegung ihrer Staat auf ihre nationale Bodenbeobachtung mit seiner Hauptstadt Al-Quds.
Minister für höhere Bildung und wissenschaftliche Forschung Saleh Basurah fordert Würdenträger und sozialen Persönlichkeiten nicht auszuüben, mehr Druck auf die Feststellung der neuen Universitäten, Hinting, dass eine Expansion in diesem Zusammenhang nicht der Entwicklung dienen.
Basurah angedeutet, die bestehenden Hochschulen haben noch nicht komplett ihre Infrastruktur und Gebäude, und fügte hinzu, dass sein Ministerium arbeitet zur Zeit an der Vorbereitung der Hochschulbildung Recht Entwurf, die nach dem Kabinett im nächsten Monat.
Ebenso hat das Ministerium arbeitet an der wissenschaftlichen Akkreditierung und Qualitätssicherung, die auf beiden staatlichen und privaten Universitäten, die die Einrichtung von Community Colleges der Universitäten statt.
Inzwischen, Basurah bedroht zu sein, die Praktiken von hochrangigen Beamten und einige Mitglieder des Parlaments, Druck auf die Ausübung seines Ministeriums zu verteilen Stipendien für diejenigen, die sich nicht verdienen, und in einer Weise, die nicht das Land.
Bei einem Treffen mit dem Anti-Korruptions-Behörde und Minister der Finanzen noman Al-Suhaibi bis zum Ende der vergangenen Woche, Basurah bedroht zum Rücktritt von seinem Amt, wenn er verklagt wird auf Fehler von anderen.
Quelle weist darauf hin, dass Basurah fragte der Anti-Korruptions-Behörde, ihm zu helfen die Beseitigung der Störungen der hochrangige Beamte, die in die laufenden Angelegenheiten seines Ministeriums, oder er sonst würde die Geheimnisse über alle Satelliten-Kanal.
Für ihren Teil, der Anti-Korruptions-Behörde gefordert Basurah die Hand in die Datei der wirtschaftlichen und kulturellen misst im Ausland, einschließlich der misst von Jordanien und Malaysia, die nicht zur Abgabe eines finanziellen Angaben.
Bis zum Ende der Sitzung, die Zurückhaltung der Beamten bestellt Zuweisungen aller misst, die nicht ihre finanzielle Angaben. Ferner baten sie die ernsthafte Maßnahmen gegen diejenigen, die Verzögerung der Zahlung von Studenten das Geld zusammen mit Zahlung von Beginn des nächsten Jahres durch das Ministerium für Hochschulbildung.
Campus patrouillierten mit militärischen
45 Verstöße wurden
Lokale Nachrichten: Symposium über Verstöße gegen Sana'a Studenten
Donnerstag, 17. April 2008 / Mareb PresseDer Jemen Student Union Fakultät für Bildungswissenschaften gehalten Gestern, Mittwoch, ein Symposium außerhalb der Universität Sana'a nach der Verweigerung der Leiter der Universität, das Symposium in einer von der Universität Halle.
Das Symposium, das als ein Sit-in auf Verstöße gegen die Rechte und Freiheiten der Schüler ". In dem Symposium, die Studierende hat die Präsenz der Soldaten in der Universität
Professor für Politische Wissenschaften der Universität Sana'a, Abdullah al-Fakih, die für die Unabhängigkeit der Hochschulen sagen, gibt es keine Zukunft für die Studenten, ohne die Unabhängigkeit der Universitäten.
Er forderte die Schüler auf, ihre friedlichen Kampf für die Durchsetzung ihrer Rechte und Freiheiten Warnung vor Gewalt.
"Nachahmen der Wege und Methoden der Tyrann ist ein Fehler und der friedlichen Kampf ist das Ziel und die Lösung für die Unabhängigkeit der Universität", fügte er hinzu.Dr. Mohammed al-Mekhlafy, Vorsitzender des jemenitischen Informationsstelle für Menschenrechte, sagte, "die Vorbereitung der Generation der Zukunft hängt davon ab, zwei Säulen: der Freiheit und der Demokratie."
Am Ende des Symposiums, Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss der Union hat die schwarze Liste der Verstöße gegen die Studenten seit 2005 in einem Bericht, der von dem Ausschuss für die Rechte und Freiheiten in den Bereichen Bildung Fakultät.
Nach dem Bericht tot, rund 45 Verstöße gegen die Schüler wurden 10 Verstöße wurden im Jahr 2005, 13 Verstöße im Jahr 2006, und 15 Verstöße im Jahr 2007.
Diese Verstöße wurden durch die politische Sicherheit (Intelligenzen), der Universität der Sicherheit, der Leiter der Universität, die Dekane und die Administratoren der Collagen, so der Bericht.
Studien zeigen, dass Kinder in den Schulen zu schlagen wird nicht geduldet in vielen Ländern der Welt als eine Methode, um Schüler. Jemen ist eines der Länder, in denen das Schlagen wird häufig zu lehren und zu erziehen Kinder.
Im Gegenzug gibt es verstärkte Stimmen fordern, dass die Firma Gesetze verbieten körperliche Bestrafung gegen Kinder, auch wenn einige der Meinung, dass Licht zu schlagen ist manchmal notwendig, um die Erziehung von Kindern.
Almotamar.net - Sicherheit Männer in der Hauptstadt Sanaa am Donnerstag zwei Personen verhaftet, angeklagt des Angriffs ein führendes Mitglied und Leiter der Frau Sektor des Allgemeinen Volkskongress (GPC) für den Wahlkreis 17 ms Shafia al-SSaraji Wer ist auch Mitglied des Gemeinderates des Bezirks sowie eine Schule Schulleiterin.
Leiter der GPC Zweig der Wahlkreis in Shuoub Bezirk Abdulalim al-Barakani, in einer Erklärung an almotamar.net nicht aus politischen Motive hinter dem Angriff. Er erwartet, dass die Beschuldigten wird an die Generalstaatsanwaltschaft in den nächsten Tagen gekündigt, und er zur gleichen Zeit der Stille des Bildungs-Sektors auf dem Gebiet der Shuoub und der Union der pädagogischen Berufe in der Hauptstadt über den Vorfall.
Die Lehrer der Schule war der 17. Juli der Tag vor gestern inszeniert ein Sit-in auf den Hof des Ministeriums für Bildung in der Solidarität und Protest auf die assailing über die Rektorin der Schule.
Die Lehrer forderten die Unermesslichkeit der Bildung und Sicherheit zuständigen Behörden für die schnelle Verbreitung und Festnahme der Täter und diejenigen, die hinter ihnen in der Verteidigung der Rechte der Lehrer.
Die Rektorin der Schule geschlagen wurde von einem männlichen Gang am Sonntag Morgen, während sie auf dem Weg zur Schule. Der Angriff verursachte das Opfer mehrere Verletzungen an verschiedenen Teilen des Körpers.
SANAA, 9. März 2008 (IRIN) - jemenitischen Frauen, vor allem in ländlichen Gebieten leben, weiterhin einen hohen Analphabetismus, unzureichende medizinische Versorgung und vor Diskriminierung aufgrund des Geschlechts, Spezialisten, sagte auf einer Veranstaltung in Sanaa am 8. März zum Internationalen Frauentag " s Day 2008.
Mangel an Bildung galt als die treibende Faktor hinter Frauen Ungleichbehandlung von Männern und Frauen im Jemen.
Die National Women Ausschuss (NWC), eine staatliche Stelle, die den Entwurf eines Berichts über den Status von Frauen auf der Veranstaltung. Titel Women's Status aus einer Gender-Perspektive 2007, des Berichts, sagte 51 Prozent der Mädchen im Alter von 6-14 wurden nicht eingeschrieben in Grundschulen.
"Diese hohe Abbrecherquote würde eine fruchtbare Quelle für Analphabetismus. Es gibt kein Gesetz, Bildung und Ausbildung obligatorisch und kostenlos für alle Altersgruppen ", so der Bericht.
Nach NWC, der Bericht wird in Kürze offiziell freigegeben.
Der Bericht fügt hinzu, dass die Rate der Einschreibung für Mädchen in den Grundschulen bei 54 Prozent gegenüber 72 Prozent für die Jungen. Die Verknüpfung der Anteil der weiblichen Schulabbrecher unzureichender Zahl der weiblichen Lehrkräfte, dem Bericht gesagt, es waren rund 44.000 Lehrerinnen auf dem Land im Vergleich zu über 146.000 männliche Lehrkräfte im Jahr 2005 / 6 Studienjahr.
Jemenitischen Studenten zwischen einem Felsen und einer harten Stelle
Geschrieben von Mohamed Tawfik Al-Mansouri Ph. D
Das Dilemma der jemenitischen Studenten wurde ab und laufende Jahrzehnten. Es ist, dass haben sich verpflichtet, diese Laster und Verbrechen von den Tyrannen "-Regelung mit seinem dunklen, unbebauten und rückwärts Mentalität. Die Zweige der Staatssicherheit und der militärischen als auch zivilen Institutionen umgesetzt diese Laster und Verbrechen. Ihr Ziel und Ziel ist es, zu manipulieren, zerstören und Abfluss des Gehirns, um die Macht zu monopolisieren und Governance. Sie auch zu nutzen und verwalten das nationale Reichtum zufällig, dunkel und heftig.
Diese Tragödie ist alt und noch nicht abgeschlossen. Was sich geändert hat, ist gibt es neue Instrumente und Implementierungen, die sie gegen Studenten als auch Bürger.
Die Strategien und Mechanismen, sowie Taktik verwendet auch gewaltsamen Unterdrückung, sowie verschiedene Formen der psychologischen Kriegsführung, einschließlich der wirtschaftlichen, politischen und sozialen. Dies geschieht auch offen und im Geheimen. Daher sollte ihre Würze und Gifte, da sie zu zerstören, den Geist und Fleisch.
Vor und nach der Ära des jemenitischen Imame, das Sorgerecht für Bildung wurde verboten und verweigert und nicht mehr moderne Schulen und Universitäten gebaut. Aber in der heutigen Republik, sie wurden zur Eröffnung der Bildungseinrichtungen und Betrieben. Aber sie haben auch die Umwandlung von diesen wichtigen Organisationen in Kaserne, combings Sicherheit und Organisationen. Sie wurden von Unterdrückung, Mord, Gewalt, Terrorismus und Verbrechen. Dies führt bei der Erzeugung der gleichen oder schlechteren Qualität als zuvor.
Beide Systeme haben die begründet und erläutert ihr Verhalten zur Erhaltung der Religion und Recht. Obwohl, die Wahrheit ist, zu verhindern und zu verbieten, Verständnis, und die Erteilung der Bürger ihrer bürgerlichen Rechte, wie auch Anspruch auf die Urbanisierung. Daher wurden sie zerstören den Geist, das ist ihr Hauptzweck.
Zum Beispiel, in der republikanischen Ära der 1970er Jahre, die Methoden und Stile zu töten, ermorden und Ermordung entwickelt und verstärkt werden. Sie übte zahlreiche Straftaten, einschließlich Haft und Hausarrest, Verfolgung, Belästigung und Tötung. Als Ergebnis, dass Schüler emigrierten, wurden getötet oder inhaftiert, eine Behinderung oder Selbstmord begangen, oder ihre psychische Gesundheit. Das Regime behauptet, dass all diese Dinge wurden zum Schutz der Religion, die ursprünglich verloren und beschädigt.Die Regelung nach wie vor der Auffassung, dass Wissenschaft und Wissen sind gefährliche Dinge und ihre ersten Gegner, so dass sie bereit und fertigen die Vorwürfe für Liberale, Intellektuelle und Kader. Zum Beispiel, sie ihnen vorwerfen, dass sie die Verbündeten der globalen Sozialismus auf die arabischen und islamischen Systeme, so dass sie ihnen vorwerfen, der nationalen und humanitäre Verrat, in der sie beschuldigt, sie neben der religiösen Verrat, daher, sie hat die religiöse Menschen, die Genehmigung of killing them. Then, they judged them and killed them due to the yuppies protocols of darkness. They killed them, aiming to stop the wheel of development and the preservation of the minority interests and their selfishness and aggressive authority.
The situation has not improved at the end of the 1970’s, 1980’s or after the theoretical unifying the country, which was announced on May 22, 1990. So, they used the students as black sheep in civil wars or wars against the People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen. Their aim was to eliminate them because they carried the light and education as well as that they are from the Al-Hojaria region or Taiz or central regions. By doing so, they protect the army because most of the army is from Zaidiyyah tribes. This act is the omnipotent proof of their racism, crime and brutality.
This dilemma of students’ problems involves racial and sectarian nature inherent in the mind of the obscurantist. Their future plans for the students is for calamity because the students’ sin that they are the lovers of science, knowledge and life with its virtues, and because they are prophets and messengers of civilization, justice and equality.
The quantity and quality of scholarship is distributed for associates and affiliates, far from the standard of honest competition, rates and skills. What remains is distributed to the students to eliminate them from the country for a period of up to four or five years, in order to lose their productive and active age. Then, they return after graduation to the dark judgments of being baath, socialist, nationalist or islamist or imperialist or other accusations for leaving the country or facing the death. These accusations, which are trumped up and fabricated , are used to ban the educated from being involved in the system. They eliminate them of participation in decision-making. Despite that, the state soldiers, army units and rulers have relations and cooperation with the Russians, the Arabs and the Americans among others. In addition, the state does not possess or consider of real developmental programmes.
The problems of removing the salaries and scholarships of the students is a deliberated case and also part of terrible, frightening, and brutal corruption, which is widespread in the state’s institutions and appears not only at schools, ministries, institutions of education but also in the Ministry of Finance, Foreign Affairs, embassies and other government’s organs apparatuses associated with mentioned organizations.
A bribe is necessary in the regime and is a part of its behaviour and doctrine. The exploitation of positions is easy and natural, so the regime gains money and it protects only its individual interests. It also assaults the rights by looting and banditry, where salaries, scholarships and fees of students are deposited in foreign banks for three months and their benefits go for gangs in the diplomatic corps in embassies. It also cuts off a small amount eg two dollars from each student. They explain that the exchange rates of the dollar against the riyal are in change. This is disgraced work, because the salaries of students sent reinforcements to the embassies of the full amount, and the announced information to students according to a law of Education and Higher Education Ministries under the issue of foreign mission said to payment of scholarships in American Dollars and in advance.
We also see the corruption and inequality that there are students that have four salaries and they are delegated from more than one ministry. On the other hand, we observe students drop proceedings under the omission or defect in the computer, the case omissions and imbalance lasts for three or four years.
The policy of cutting off students’ or the staff salaries is a statement that is taken from the proverb hunger you dog he follows you. Further more, before you became attacked you should start your attack in order to stop them of asking and struggling for their civil rights and providing the equality and equitable distribution of wealth for all, as well as stopping students from participation in decision-making. Hence, full surrounding is a duty under the principle attacked before they are preparing for confrontation.
The objective of starvation also is a psychological preparation to create new conditions to extort students and use them for inhuman jobs. In addition, to sell them in the local, regional and international slave market. The Yemenite modern system based on begging and trading land, honour and rights. They sell themselves and he who sells himself is easy for him to sell others under the slogans of parties or tribes or national and international cooperation.
Sales and piracy reached even for children, the God’s loved, and the sale of the governor for himself, his groups and citizens are done in different ways according to their laws they legalize everything, so, there are spiritual, physical and psychological sale. They are specialist and expert in this field, moreover; they have implementations. The most important thing for them is money.
Their ignorance and stupidity make them blind to see the wealth in the land and people, and they do not know how to manage them to benefit from its’ eggs, milks, fruits and brains. So they sell the expensive things to earn the cheaper, which is the money, which they spend it for their selfish purpose. By this behaviour, attitude and mentality all is lost.
Recently, they cut off and banned the students from their scholarships as well as jobs and privileges and they distributed and gave only for those who want to give. They kill students by their hands as well as across international criminal mafias. Hence, many students have disappeared or lived without any human emotional feelings. The condition of students is a tragedy in abroad and inside the country. They are in between a rock and a hard place. Where does your train drive and lead science, the homeland and us?
The followed solutions by the corrupt regime are a palliative for a short time by sending delegates from the ministries for disguising. Nobody gains anything from the followed procedures of solving the dilemma of student except the delegates, who benefit from travel allowance, the leeway and spend their objectives. Finally, they declare through their false media that the problem is solved and they eliminate corruption and spoilers. Although the solutions must begin at home and no need for traveling, the delegates from the ministries are the useless people of knowledge and science and are gainless and deadly.
I am neither pessimistic nor optimistic, but pessoptimist, and when the train starts working for the establishment the state of institutions and law my optimism will achieve the optimum and maximum.
There is nothing good comes by the unfair and corrupt as well as their institutions. For instance, in the embassies there are diplomats, who are murderers and the government protect them, they are fugitive from other tribes, because the revenge is a legal things in the state. In addition, embassies is full of sorts of whom are blind, prostitutes and thieves, who believe in the doctrine of vice. This is the same-called technocrat from the ruling and those who are illegal investments internationally and dealing with other nations Mafiosi. They fled laundering and criminals in the eyes of the world and even mafias. They become with their nations money in a history and in dilemma. Certainly, the end such these groups are the dustbin of history.
Problems after graduation are harsher and worse than before graduation. Some of absolvents had harm and hard life, so few of them immigrate and most of them accept inappropriate jobs, which are not related to their level of education, morality and ethics. When the absolvents morally fall, they become psychologically able to do anything and become acceptable be the authority too, unless he will be thrown into unknown determination to face million harmful obstacles as well as brutal and wild characters.
To homeland, students, scientists and citizens the almighty God says “help one another in goodness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and aggression”. We do not have any choice except fighting and struggling. Both ways are the best thing for the emancipation of where we are, and God and humanitarian law gives us the rights to proceed.Brother, sons and, friend, student, professor’s partners, farmers and workers we should in solidarity working together to better ourselves and homeland. My brother student in life and path you need only to demand full rights for yourself as human beings and citizens. If your only demand for salary and scholarship it is what the corrupt authority wants, and it is not going to give you it or deliberate and debate with you of it. So, demand your full rights to get a part of it. Finally, you must hitch you wagon to a star, stand up with the voice of the people, which is the voice of God and strike while the iron is hot.
Brother, student and teacher this is your case and it is in your hands to absorb and understand it. If you believe in what it contents then, you should spread and distribute it to all Yemenite students in the World as well as to students’ unions, federations and associations of Arab World and the globe. In addition to international human rights organizations. This is the first step in the journey of a thousand miles.
SANA’A, Feb 20 — The Yemeni Teachers Syndicate and the Syndicate of Educational Professions released a statement calling for all Yemeni teachers to stage a one day sit-in on Tuesday, February 26, to force the government to raise their salaries.
The call for the sit-in came on Monday, after the extension to the negotiating period ended.
The statement said that the government had not responded to teachers’ demands to raise their annual wages within the month. The two syndicates decided to call for nationwide peaceful sit-ins. The statement indicated that while the government procrastinates from meeting the rights of the employees, claiming it is unable to curb the price hikes, it continues to operate as usual. The statement mentioned that the government neither appreciates the nature of teaching nor the significance of the teacher, who is the cornerstone of education. “This negligence has led to the constant decline in the quality of education,” said the statement.
The syndicates demanded that the government give teachers a 60 to 110 percent raise in their standing basic salaries, including YR 130,000 ($600) a month in back pay beginning from the middle of 2007, and release the annual bonuses suspended by a governmental decision in 2005.
The statement also asked the government to provide rural living expenses for the teachers who teach in rural areas, in accordance with the teachers’ law.
Moreover, the syndicates requested that local and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other syndicates sit in solidarity with the teachers. This is not the first sit-in organized by the Yemeni Teachers Syndicate. Last year the syndicate arranged many sit-ins and protests with the same demand of raising salaries. The protests forced the government to adopt a new strategy to deal with the demands, promising to raise teachers’ salaries. “The government has not made radical solutions for the teachers’ problems but limited ones. It gives teachers very small salary increases, which are nothing at all in proportion to the price hikes. In addition, the increases are always subject to many fines and taxes,” commented Ahmed Al-Rabahi, head of the Teachers’ syndicate
He added that the maximum salary for teachers according to the law is YR 160,000, and they are asking for YR130,000, which will come to YR 70,000 after taxes and insurance are deducted. In addition, Al-Rabahi believes the numerous strikes last year in many different governorates could oblige the government to pay the teacher bonuses and back pay.
Isamail Zaidan, general manager of information for the Ministry of Education, refused to comment, while personnel manager Faisal Jameel couldn’t be reached.
Abdulaziz Murshed, father of a student, supported the teachers in their demands, but at the same time is worried about his son and the other students. “I’m sure that teachers have the right to stage a sit-in because their salaries are too low due to the unbelievable price hikes. Also, every increase they get is preceded by two or three price hikes and followed by another two or three. But though they have the right to protest, students will be affected and I’m worried about that,” Murshed said.
As of 2006, 75 percent of Yemeni children were enrolled in primary school, according to UNICEF’s December 2007 Children’s Progress report.
Over the past few years, Yemen’s Education Ministry has constructed as many schools as possible nationwide. As Education Minister Abdulsalam Al-Jawfi explains, “The number of schools built annually increased from 200 to 1,200. There are 16,000 schools in Yemen, 80 percent of which contain primary education classes.”
However, according to the minister, the dropout rate increased 10 percent, particularly among female students.
Al-Zubairi School teacher Ismail Zabarah says students drop out for a variety of reasons, including poverty, lack of incentives and the poor quality of the education system. “Students drop out if the school is far from their home or there aren’t enough teachers,” he notes, adding, “They also drop out due to poverty and the need to work.”
“The government built neighborhood schools three years ago, but that’s not enough,” says Jamal Al-Azab from the Khawlan countryside. “Schools may be near three or four villages, but far from two others. Because we can’t provide our children vehicles to pick them up from school every day, we really need more schools,” he adds.
Dropouts begin in fourth grade, when 10 percent of girls leave school and from there, the rate increases in each grade. Minister Al-Jawfi explains that Yemeni families, especially those in smaller villages, often refuse to send their daughters to school when they reach age 11, the age when girls cease interacting with males. Villages have no girls-only schools and mixed schools have male teachers.
IN the health section of the same issue:
Most of Sana’a’s approximately 270 public schools have no toilets, while those that do are in such unhygienic conditions that neither students nor teachers can use them. Further, at least six to eight schools within the capital’s eight public school districts have no bathrooms at all. At best, Sana’a public schools have three to six toilets for every 4,000 to 5,000 students, but without soap, water and a clean toilet, these bathrooms aren’t fit for student use.
The capital city’s public schools handle between 430,000 and 450,000 students, most of whom are elementary students, while school attendance for those under age 12 increases 10 to 15 percent annually.
According to an international study by the World Health Organization, schools should have one toilet for every 100 students. With both public and private schools in Sana’a averaging 5,000 students, instead of the 20 to 30 toilets required at each school, there are none at all….
No room for schools, no room for toilets
That’sa good development. Soldiers on the campus may be replaced with civil security forces.
SANA’A, Jan. 13 — Sana’a University agreed with the General Union of Yemeni Students to suspend security guard head Col. Ahmed Khosrouf, and his officers from their work on Saturday.
According to the student union head, this is the first time in the history of the university and the union that a high-ranking officer at the university was suspended. It is also the first time in which a civil committee investigated security administration.
According to a statement by the union, the suspension came after a sit-in by teachers and students at the yard of the Faculty of Arts last Saturday, protesting the attack of two students at the faculty by security three times.
In addition, the university president agreed to prepare a way for replacing military security with civil security personnel. However, this has yet to be endorsed by the Ministry of the Interior. Furthermore, the rector of Sana’a University promised that security authorities will not interfere in the work in the investigative committee that was formed to investigate the attacks against Jamil and Murad Subaie. Moreover, the union agreed with the university to add Abdulhakeem Nour Al-Deen to the investigative committee as a representative of the teachers syndicate. As a result, the union decided to reopen its work in the investigative committee after suspending Khasrouf and his officers.
According to Jamil Subaie, he and his brother were exposed to security attacks on three occasions. The first was on October 30, when he was taking a questionnaire from a female classmate. “One of the security guards came to me and started cursing me, though I was talking to her in front of many people. Then he threw a bottle at me and took his pistol, threatening to murder me,” Jamil explained.
The second attack took place on Dec. 12, when Khasrouf and other officers beat Jamil and his brother Murad under the pretext that Murad’s hair was long; Jamil claimed that “they wanted to give him a hair cut.”
The third attack occurred on Jan. 5 when security guards prevented Jamil’s sister from entering the faculty to submit his CV, and tried to beat her.
The investigative committee formed Jamil and Murad were attacked for the third time is composed of the vice rector of the university for student affairs, the general manager of legal affairs at the university, the head and general secretary of the Students’ Union, the vice dean of student affairs at the Arts Faculty and a representative from the University Teachers Syndicate.
Nothing changed since the sheik expelled the villagers, nothing.
Al-Sahwa :
January 8, 2008- Yemeni Sheikh, Mohammad Ahmed Mansor, has arrested two teachers while they were performing their duties at al-Jaashin district.
In a letter to the governor of Ibb province, the teacher, Taher Musra said that Mansour’s gunmen raided the school he along with his brother, Faisal work at, arrested them before their students and put them in incommunicado detention.
In the letter, Taher said that he knows nothing about his detained brother.
He further explained that Sheikh wanted to capture documents of their own land and when they refused, he ordered his gunmen to arrest them.
It is worth reclaiming that Sheikh Mansour had banished months ago hundreds of citizens as they rejected to pay him illegal taxes.
I’ve seen estimates of 50 million by 2050, but that may be based on optimum reproduction rates. If things stay the way they are, apparently its 90 million by 2045. But thats what happens when girls get married at 14 and have an average of seven kids.
SANA’A, Dec. 15 — In the Fourth National Conference for Population Policy, held under the theme, “Toward further implementation of a population policy,” participants stressed the necessity of providing family planning and reproductive health services in all health care centers.
Some of the papers reviewed warned against the risk of increased population growth, indicating that UN estimates show that if population growth in Yemen continues to increase at the present rate, the population will increase from its current 22.4 million to 29.9 million in 2015, then to 43 million in 2025, 62 million in 2035 and 90 million in 2045, finally reaching 108.6 million in 2050. However, the reports mentioned that if Yemen achieves the national population policy goals, estimated population growth will decline by 7 million in 2025, 16 million in 2035, and 49 million in 2050, accomplishing a balance between population growth and available resources and allowing Yemen to achieve its millennium objectives.
Studies also indicated that the annual 3 percent population growth rate is one of the key challenges facing development efforts. They also showed that Yemen is categorized as one of the least developed countries in human resource, ranked 174 out of 184 countries. According to the studies, poverty levels have progressively increased, from 19 percent in 1992 to 34 percent in 1999, and lastly 34.4 percent in 2005.
They also advised utilizing resolutions of free of charge health care units in addition to family planning consultations, encouraging women to breastfeed babies naturally, and increasing efforts to increase society awareness about prenatal care.
Yet another good report from IRIN
SANAA, 27 November 2007 (IRIN) - Abdu Rabou Mohsen al-Shahali, 13, has been working as a street vendor in Sanaa since he left his village in Hajjah Province four years ago.
“My father decided to stay at home after losing hope finding a good job. He had been variously employed as a farmer, a qat [mild narcotic] seller, and a porter but none of these jobs provided enough money to sustain our family. We left him there and came to Sanaa in search of a better life,” he said.
The child worker said he was determined to support his mother and two younger brothers at all costs. “It is a shame if I let my mother work while I am alive. It is better to have bread and water than send my mother and brothers to beg,” he said.
Yemeni education officials are concerned about the increasing rate of school dropouts, which they say have led to increasing illiteracy rates.
According to the Ministry of Education’s Comprehensive School Survey for 2006, 46 percent of Yemen’s 7.4 million primary school age children do not attend school – leaving 3,971,853 in primary school. Altogether, 4,497,643 of children of all ages attend school.
Just like after the elections, punitive measures follow the expression of civil rights, demonstrating that the state bureaucracies, which should be apolitical, are rather an arm of the ruling party.
Al-Sahwa : November 26, 2007 – National Committee for Rights and Freedoms (HOOD) denounced transfer of 20 teachers from their schools in the wake of their participation in a protest held in Taiz province.
HOOD’s member, Twafiq al-Shoaibi, said that such arbitraries are illegal and lawless, aiming to deprive those teachers from their rights.
Hadramout Teachers Rep Fired by University Head
HADRAMOUT, Nov. 18 — Teaching staff at Hadramout University of Science and Technology have begun raising warnings, demanding the university administration meet their demands, which include applying the Law of Yemeni Universities at their university. They further demand administrative and academic reforms at the university.
The problem began Aug. 29 when the administrative board of the university’s teaching staff syndicate released a statement claiming 16 rights and demands by teaching staff. However, university Rector Ahmad Omar Bamashmous did not respond to their demands.
After their statement’s release, the teaching staff syndicate said it would escalate the situation through a partial strike. This dissatisfied Bamashmous, who considered such action an assault against the university.
Moreover, the protestors say their demands are not about money; rather, they simply demand reforming the academic and administrative board.
In an effort to resolve the problem, Bamashmous accused the syndicate of escalating the political situation in that region, alleging that they are related to protestors in Yemen’s southern governorates.
The problem worsened when Bamashmous called for the university council meeting, at which he removed the syndicate’s legally-elected representative.
However, the syndicate claimed the meeting was illegitimate, demanding the meeting’s minutes be cancelled. Despite the intervention of the governor, Bamashmous refused to meet the syndicate’s demands, for which the syndicate threatens to escalate the situation they remain unmet.
This is a good article on an area lacking documentation: YT
Political activities at Sana’a University affect student performance. As a result, fighting has broken out among students many times, including reported shooting incidents. A report by Amel Al-Ariqi, Fatima Al-Ajel and Al-Miqdad Mojalli.
Political Security arrested Amin Al-Faqih in 2003 for conducting political activities at Sana’a University.
At that time, Al-Faqih was head of the General Union of Yemeni Students, known as GUYS, while being a level four student in the university’s Faculty of Languages. He also belonged to Islah, Yemen’s largest opposition political party.
IBB - The Yemeni Teachers Syndicate in Ibb organized a huge sit-in demanding the implementation of the wages codes on Wednesday, November 21st. Protestors, from across the province gathered in front of the governorate building.
The sit-in lasted about two hours from 9:00am until 11:00 am, during which time several speeches were delivered by representatives of the YTS. Protestors chanted slogans which bear witness to their complaints; “Oh, government of corruption a hike of prices has prevailed all over the country”, “Oh, government of despair, where is the increase in wages, the government is on the TV, in reality, there is no achievement. Oh, minister, oh Jawfi, to hear hunger is enough, Oh, Minister, Oh, Mojawer, don’t denounce or deny our rights.”
In a statement, the protestors demanded the release of the second phase of the wages law beginning July 2006, the third phase from July 2007 according to the 43rd item of law for 2005, and the release of allowances, bonuses and salaries held back for years to be paid in cash to all government employees, since this was agreed to in this year’s budget, and YR82 billion was set aside for this purpose.
They also demanded the maximum increase of the second phase (YR100,000), the third phase (YR130,000), and the beginning of a financial connection for degrees to be re-allocated evenly and fairly among employees.
With reference to the bonuses, they demanded the granting of the bonus to all who deserve it, as of July 2005 until August 2006, and the bonus for educationalists in general to be at a rate between 60-110 percent, depending on one’s qualifications. This is according to documentation signed by three syndicates - YTS, GUTEP and UTP - and the ministry of education committee on July 31st, 2006.
They also demanded bonuses for instructors, administrators, teachers of the Qura’n and all those who have been deprived of this right in the education, health, engineering and other sectors. They demanded the rural exchange allowance be paid retrospectively to all staff in rural areas who have been deprived of this right. They also demanded the return of sums illegally deducted from salaries in October under false names and the investigation and trial of those responsible.
“These are our fair and clear demands, they are the demands of all teachers, male and female, in the ruling party or in the opposition, from all schools of the Republic. These rights are for all, they have nothing to do with policy and, for the purpose of quick implementation, we announce the launching of the new phase of peaceful legal activities for this year, as in the other governorates of the Republic,” said Abdussalam al-Khudairy, secretary general of the YTS. “We are within our legal rights to escalate the means of protests and demonstrations, and to strike from work if required,” he added.
He also mentioned a list of abuses that the teachers were exposed to due to their participation in the sit-in, and asked teachers to report any arbitrary action, stating that the SYT would support and stand-by those who were subject to unfair treatment.
The rally was conducted in a very peaceful, democratic way in which opinions were expressed freely. The protestors also thanked security men for their cooperation, stating, “Soldiers, Army, we have something in common - the love of living.”
almotamar.net - Deputy Education Minister Dr Abdulaziz Bin Habtour said Tuesday that 40% pupils in Yemen is still outside school and that constitutes an additional burden on the ministry of education in its policy for expanding education and spread and for providing educational services in all parts of the country especially the rural areas.
In a meeting he held in Sana’a today with leadership of the ministry and representatives of donor organisations the official pointed out the necessity of joining all official, political parties and civil society organisations forces for the encouragement of joining education as education is considered the responsibility of all.
In the meeting held on the sidelines of Education for All Week Bin Habtour said the ministry was able to reduce the gap between males and females through the rise in girls joining of education from 34- 62% besides training of 100 thousand teachers and intensification of programmes and activities aimed to meet Yemen’s commitments to providing education for all by the year 2010 through abolishing school duties, providing female teachers to the countryside and increasing allocations for school nutrition that is expected to lead to raising the rate of joining the public education among girls.
The meeting also listened to remarks and suggestions made by members of the national committee on education for all and donor organisations and countries that aimed to reach successful solutions for the development and progress of education in Yemen.
In massive rally, former soldiers protests in Al-Dhalie
November 24, 2007 - The Military Retiree Association arranged on Saturday a massive rally in which citizens from various southern participated.
In the rally attended by former commanders, ambassadors and parliamentarians, the head of MRA, Abdul-Maatari, delivered a speech in which he affirmed that their case is just rights, not any other issue, asking to immediately release all detainees imprisoned due to their peaceful demands.
Rally in Abyan:
Thousands of people rallied Sunday in Loder of Abyan, south of Yemen, to continue protests against the delay of the government to meet some requests and release activists arrested in previous demonstrations in southern provinces, warning to extend protests.
“Thousands of people from Loder, Modia, al-Wade and Mokaires have participated in this rally organized by political and social organizations to ask for the immediate release of 21prisoners from al-Dalei, Aden and Hadramout” the political activist Ahmad al-Qame told NewsYemen.
Al-Qamei said local authorities announced an alter Saturday and threatened to arrest lead personalities who encourage such marches. He pointed that the Joint Meeting Parties do not take part in these activities because they do not agree with slogans some political and social organizations raise.
Local authorities accuse some lead figures in southern provinces of encouraging such protests which result in insecurity and attacks on shops and properties.
Ali al-Saadi, from the Military Pensioners Association, warning that other province might witness more demonstrations until the authorities meet requests. “Today is the deadline for authorities to do, he said.
Al-Qame condemned the prevention of al-Jazeera space channel to cover the event.
Special sources told NewsYemen the cameraman of al-Jazeera was detained from the early morning on Sunday for hours to prevent him from covering the rally.
Hundreds of jobless graduates raised their certificates asking the authorities to fulfill promises of president Saleh to eliminate unemployment. They carried placards saying that the number of jobless in the province reached 8000 graduates registered in the civil service ministry since years.
The protesters said the graduates of Abyan have been prevented to join military and security academies since 13 years. They also demanded the trial of persons who killed three protesters last September and to get “all prisoners over peaceful demonstrations released”.
Meanwhile, teachers in Serwah area of Marib started a sit-in on Sunday protesting the delay to pay them for last October. They asked for their payments with some extra the government promised to pay on October.
They called teachers all over the country to strike until meeting their requests.
Then there’s the tribal alliance rally where Hussain al-Ahmar urges tribesmen to obey their sheiks.
AMRAN, Nov. 18 — The Hashid Tribe held a huge public rally on Saturday for its people in Amran’s Khamer District, 50 km northwest of Sana’a. Attended by more than ten thousand people from the Hashid and other loyal tribes, the rally is the first of its kind for the tribe, the second largest in Yemen after the Bakeel tribe.
During the rally, named the ‘broader meeting for Hashid tribesmen’, Parliament member (MP) Hussein Abdullah Al-Ahmar welcomed the attendees who came from different parts of the tribe to participate in the meeting. Al-Ahmar considered the meeting a new peaceful revolution to reform the situations and infringements which, according to him, are symptomatic of poor government policies.
“Yemen is undergoing serious difficulties due to the failed policies pursued by the government,” Al-Ahmar said, reminding attendees of his father’s statement at the Islah Party’s Third Conference, that ‘Yemen is passing through a gloomy tunnel.’ He pointed out that corruption has become rampant in all the government offices, and therefore has permeated every house and family in the nation, adding that such a destructive phenomenon has spread to judicial, education and health sectors.
The tribal leader, who chairs the National Solidarity Council (NSC), went on to say, “If we want to continue the march toward a modern and strong Yemen, the Yemeni people must understand that the country’s problems will never be solved without a nationwide struggle. Today, Yemen is threatened by secession and fragmentation, which the corrupt regime is responsible for.”
But but what happened to free and fair?
SANA’A, Nov. 20 — A symbolic court verdict came out last Monday to oblige the President, Prime Minister, and Parliament to allocate a 30% quota for women’s representation in the political sphere. The verdict stated that gender equality should be enforced, in line with a constitutional article that sanctions equality between men and women. Additionally, the verdict emphasized the importance of amending all discriminatory legislative provisions against women. Moreover, it urged the relevant parties to encourage women, help them become more involved in elections, and ensure that there is 30% quota for women in the national lists of all political parties’ nominations in the 2009 Parliamentary elections. Furthermore, the verdict determined that female candidates should be economically empowered to participate effectively in the democratic process.
Also the transfered teachers get an allowance
Aden Education spends overdue allowances
Tuesday, 20-November-2007
almotamar.net - Assistant Secretary General of the General Educational Professions Union in Yemen Abdullah al-Qubati said Tuesday the government issued lists of overdue job nature allowance of education employees in Aden governorate amounting to 875 persons, including school inspectors and those who have been considered as teachers, pursuant to approvals of Aden governorate.In a statement to almotamar.net al-Qubati said the payment of the allowance will be spent with the salary of the month of this November. He pointed out that the union was working currently on contacting the ministry of civil service to issue legal opinion on dues of differences of salaries as beginning from September 2006 until November 2007.
He has also said the union is holding contacts with the ministry of finance concerning reduction and increment of teachers transferred among the governorates of Yemen whose number amounts to 2424 cases in order to be granted job nature allowance where they are presently working.
Embassy corruption is rampant. Al-Motamar :
almotamar.net - The cultural attaché office at the Yemeni embassy in Malaysia on Saturday warned Malaysian universities and institutes from dealing with any illegal side claiming its representation of Yemeni students in Malaysia without having authorisation from the cultural attaché office.
The warning came after 15 Yemeni students affiliated to Islamic Islah party has on Friday gathered in front of the building of the Yemeni embassy in Malaysia alleging their representation of all Yemeni students there.
In a statement to almotamar.net the cultural attaché at the embassy Sultan al-Shuaibi denied the existence of any open sit-ins at the building of the embassy. Investigations revealed that some students at the Multimedia University requested the university to not addressing the embassy regarding university fees and to leave the matter for them because the embassy, as they claimed, would not respond but to the way of pressure, although the embassy has already transferred the duties of students to the university.
Also students in Egypt:
Thursday, 15-November-2007
almotamar.net - Well-informed sources on Thursday mentioned that presidential directives given to the government for speeding up treatment of situations of the Yemeni students in Egypt in response to a complaint president Ali Abdullah Saleh listened to during his latest visit too Egypt.The sources added that the president asked he Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Mujawar to solve situations of the Yemeni students studying in Egypt in the way enabling them to devote their efforts to scientific matters in various studying areas, according to a report by 26 September newspaper on Thursday.
The two students, Murad al-Maweri, chairman of the GPC branch in Egypt and Mohammed al-Suswa had presented to the president of the republic during his latest visit to Egypt a complaint that included detailed explanation of Yemeni students sufferings that affect their pursuit of their studies and that received response from the president and issued his directives to the government to solve the students problems.
The agreement was reached a ways ago but nada.
SANA’A, NewsYemen
The teaching staff of Sana’a University has warned the government of peaceful protests and open strikes in case it continues to postpone meeting their requests of better payments and rights.
If the government continues to ignore our requests, the marches may go beyond the university to reach the Presidency Palace, the Sana’a University’s Teaching Staff Syndicate warned in a press release on Thursday.
The syndicate gave the government one week to fulfill its promises to better the situations inside the university according to the agreement signed between the government and syndicate on May 19, 2007. It urged the government to stop postponement and to prove its credibility and sincerity.
The teaching staff has no new requests, but it just asks the government to achieve the agreement it signed with the syndicate six months ago, said the information official of the syndicate Abdullah al-Azazi.
The Teaching Staff of Sana’a University has asked the government earlier this year to approve financial and administrative independence of all universities, to reform worsening conditions inside universities, to commit to the universities law related to academic appointments, to develop the scientific research, to tackle the shortcomings of salaries strategy, to pay teaching staff the professional allowances, to make a health insurance system for the staff and employees, in addition to other scientific and academic issues.
Yay! A sucess story. This could be replicated all over Yemen. They could put Fatima Yaslam in charge and make it a national program.
ADEN, NewsYemen
The Aden-based Society for Children Protection could convince 300 students in Al-Boraika district to return to their schools and stop fishing.
The society has achieved this year an intensive awareness campaign targeted working children and families in the coastal areas of Al-Boraika as it has explained dangers of child labor at sea, said Fatima Yaslam, chairwoman of the society.
Yaslam said the Social Care Fund society and offices of education and public health have helped her society convince families to bring back their children to schools.
The Office of Education in Aden has exempted the children from tuition fees and the Public Health Office has ordered to give them free-of-charge health services at the government hospitals, so families and children felt satisfied, said Yaslam.
Yaslam urged the Labor and Social Affairs Office to pay more attention to the issue of child labor in different utilities and to coordinate with Chamber of Trade and syndicates to help working children, particularly those under 15 years, give up labor and join classrooms as their legal right.
Punishing students administratively, restricting their rights of association and beefing up security presence
Al-Sahwa : Higher Education Ministry announces draft to militarize universities and suppress student activities
October 3, 2007- The Higher Education Ministry is planning to issue a law which includes arbitrary and suppressive measures ,according to the Student Association in Sana’a University .
The draft is targeting student activates through dismissing or depriving students from one semester or more , including, in the meantime , legal irregularities contradicted with the Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The draft also contained a clause incompatible with democratic pluralism and authorizing security forces to intervene in all student activities and banning them except with the permission of the university administration.
Embassy employee steals students stipends:
Kuala Lumpur, NewsYemen
Some 300 Yemeni students at the Malaysian Multimedia University have decided to make a sit-in next week outside the Yemeni Embassy in Malaysia protesting to the cultural attaché’s delay to pay the tuition fees since years.
According to its internal system, the university has barred Yemeni students and prevented them to check their results until they pay charges. They said the decision of the university came suddenly while they were doing the exam of the first semester of 2007.
But it does a very good imitation of one.
Yemen held presidential and local council elections in September 2006. President Ali Abdullah Saleh was reelected with 77 percent of the vote, and his party, the General People’s Congress, overwhelmingly won the municipal elections. The balloting was marred by some violence and opposition accusations of fraud. Serious press freedom violations, including the closure of newspapers and detention of journalists, also accompanied the election season.
Dar al-Hadith in Sa’ada, nefarious? The author references the Dammaj students’ shoot out with the Houthis during the fourth Sa’ada war that resulted in the deaths of two foreign students.
Proposed Yemen-Djibouti Bridge Threatens AFRICOM Security
By Chris Heffelfinger, Olivier Guitta
Two major developments to unfold in the coming years signal Africa’s growing strategic importance, especially the Horn of Africa (HoA). As of October 1, the African continent came under the auspices of a newly created US military command, AFRICOM, establishing one staff responsible for affairs with the 53 African states (http://www.africom.mil). The second development, potentially far more troubling, is the newly announced project to build the world’s longest bridge—17 miles connecting Yemen and Djibouti—under Tarek bin Laden’s Middle East Development LLC.
good!
SANA’A, German Embassy
The German government has joined the ranks of development partners supporting Basic Education Development Project (BEDP) in Yemen through a multi-donor, program-based approach.
“With the formal signature of the BEDP-Agreement, Germany would add $24 million to the BEDP portfolio and its ongoing activities. With a total of some $150 million, BEDP will become the largest donor-supported education program ever implemented in Yemen”, said the Germen embassy on Monday.
Germany is one of partners in BEDP program along with the World Bank, The Netherlands, British Dept. for Int. Development (DFID).
The BEDP finances activities contained in the Ministry of Education’s Annual Workplans to which it is fully aligned, said the embassy’s press release.
The German government has also allocated some $14 million to support a first multi-donor secondary education program.
“Bilateral investment projects have focused on school construction, extension and rehabilitation in the governorates of Ibb, Abyan, Hajja and Marib, providing for some 3,100 new and rehabilitated classrooms benefiting more than 140,000 pupils”, the embassy said.
Politicized employment
The 2005 Wages Strategy issued after the fuel riots has never been fully or perhaps equally implemented
Sana’a governorate teachers to protest delay of cashing hardship allowance
Yemen teachers and educational professions syndicates in Sana’a governorate are due to organize a sit-in on Saturday in protest against the delay of cashing hardship allowances to more than 3400 teachers, the newspaper reported in a front page article. It added that both syndicates released a statement saying the government hasn’t fulfilled its pledges to pay the accumulated sums of hardship allowances accrued to teachers like it did in other governorates nationwide.
According to the statement, teachers will escalate their protests until they grow into massive strike from work in event the Ministry of Education doesn’t pay them the accumulated sums of hardship allowance without any illegal deductions. Over the past time period, teachers and educational professions syndicates organized protests nationwide, thereby compelling the government to meet their demands.
Poverty causes the high rate of child labor which keeps kids out of school.
The report, released by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, has said that poverty is the key factor of child labor aggravation in Yemen. The report said that children of poor families continue compulsorily working to cover some of their families’ needs. It expected that the phenomenon will remain as long as poverty remains….
The report has also pointed that Yemen has five million illiterate children as the rate of illiteracy in the country is still high, 78 percent, according to the report. It has recommend the government’s education programs to give priority to children under 15 years.
Politicized education. Yemen Times
TAIZ, Sept. 9 — Over three thousand students studying in five schools in Taiz started their academic year at home. Their schools were closed down causing their parents, over 200 individuals to hold sit-in in front of the governorate building in Taiz earlier this month. They protested against the decision made by the chairman of the local council in Al-Caherah district regarding closing these schools. These schools are O’mar Al-Mukhtar, Nusaibah, Al-Noor, Amar Bin Yasir, and Al-Ez Bin Abdull-Sallam.
The closure behind five schools in Taiz was explained by the overall closure of schools that had not been originally established as schools for formal education affiliated with the Ministry of Education.
The protest was resolved when the members of the parents’ council reached to an agreement with the local council in the governorate as well as the district’s local council. They agreed on investigating the problem along with its causes, forwarding a report on the results as well as the suggested solutions to be implemented so as not to deprive 3000 male and female students from receiving education this year.
However, some of the parents said that the main purpose behind closing these schools is that they are named (Scientific Institutes) and controlled by Islah party since then. They are closed to reduce the partisan exploitation practiced by some members of the Islah party.
I actually need to know this. Right now. How handy.
Then Minister of Technical Education and Vocational Training Ibrahim Hojari talked about improvements in technical education and that technical and vocational institutes have increased from six, distributed in six governorates in 1990s to 65 training and educational institutions across the country.
He said that there are 45 institutes under construction with a total cost estimated at YR17,7 billion funded by the government.
He indicating that there are also 18 other institutes under construction with the cost of $ 50 million granted by the Saudi Development Fund, in addition to a Poly-technical institute in
Sana’a Secretariat being constructed by a loan from the Islamic Development Bank worth as much as $ 9 million.Meanwhile, the President had opened a show of different applied samples by some students covering electricity, computers, programs, medical and engineering equipments, handiworks by female students and others samples.
The president praised these creative works of students that reflect the level of good qualification they got during their study, confirming that future is for technical and vocational training that
help the government limit the number of jobless youth.He said that 500 graduates of technical institutes will join the armed forces units to help in maintenance works.
Yemen has almost 64 technical institutes across the country.
Saba
Yemen Times SANA’A, Sept. 9 - In a statement to Yemen Times, the head of the Islah Party at the Faculty of Trading and Commerce, Belal Al-Nehari demanded civil guards for the university instead of the military ones.
Al-Nehari accused the military guards at the university of attacking students in the University yard while they were defending their rights in registering at the University peacefully. He, also, refuted the accusation of the GPC head Abdulmaleq Al-Sayaghi at the Faculty that the students shot fires towards the military guards. “We absolutely refuted the accusation of Abdulmaleq Al-Sayaghi that we shot fires towards the soldiers or even used sticks against them. we are sorry that the ruling party defends the crimes of security soldiers. Therefore, we ask for civil guards fit the message that the University presents.” Al-Nehari said.
This deny comes as a reply to the statement released by Al-Sayaghi in Yemen Times on the August 19th in which he accused the Islahi students at the University of shooting fires towards the soldiers and spread riot at the University yard.
Sana’a University witnessed riot and strong clashes between new students and security soldiers during the enroll period in the middle of August. The clashed lead to injuring the student Ameen Al-Shubati on head when one of the soldiers beat him by the back of his pistol. The security administration at Sana’a University refused to give information about the reaction of the administration towards the incident or about the number of the security soldiers at the University.
The Sana’a University witnessed clashes between the Students of GPC and Islah in 2005 during the elections of the General Union of the Yemeni Students. The head of GPC Abdulmaleq Al-Sayaghi stated that the Islahi students by this demand just wants to attract the sympathy of the new students in order to attract them to the Islah party . Al-Sayaghi added that the Islahi students want to get rid of the military security because they can’t attack them since it is a crime according to the law while it is easier for them to attck the civil guards and to spread riot in the University. “ the one who doesn’t want security, is the one who wants mass.” Al-Sayaghi stated.
Al-Sayaghi stated that the law prevents any political activities in the worship places and the public places such as the University.
IRIN : Gender gap
The government says the gender gap with regard to education is “considerable”. While national illiteracy rates stand at about 30 percent for men, they exceed 67 percent for women, it says.
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says access to education is one of the biggest challenges facing children in Yemen today, especially girls. Nearly half of primary school age girls do not go to school.
According to the most recent Arab Human Development Report (AHDR), the gender gap in education in Yemen is among the highest in the world. Girls’ education is a highly gender-sensitive issue, the 2005 report said, citing cultural factors like gender specific roles, early marriage, segregation between the sexes, and poverty as the primary barriers.
This results in gender inequality in education, with human development indicators for female literacy and the net enrolment ratio for females amongst the lowest worldwide, it said.
In addition to the gender gap in education, urban-rural differences were significant: 84.8 percent of urban and 68.9 percent of rural males aged 10 and above are literate, compared to only 59.5 percent of urban and 24 percent of rural females, respectively, the National Document to Promote Girls’ Education in Yemen, said in 2005.
UNDP reports that in Yemen, in primary education, females account for just 52.8 percent of the number of males that are enrolled, and in secondary education 35.3 percent of males that are enrolled - making female enrolment rates in Yemen amongst the lowest in the Arab world.
Socio-cultural versus economic factors
“The gender-disparity in Yemen is the worst in the world,” Dr Arwa Yahya Al-Deram, executive director of Soul, a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) currently working to promote female enrolment in two of the country’s 19 governorates, told IRIN in Sanaa.
Low female participation in education was attributed to several socio-cultural factors, she said: the tradition of early marriage in rural areas hindered girls’ schooling and resulted in high drop out rates; the high importance of a girl’s chastity in rural areas; the reluctance of many parents to send girls to mixed gender schools; and the negative social attitudes towards girls’ education.
Al-Deram, however, placed more emphasis on the economic factors than on people’s perceptions of education, saying that attitudes were not as bad as people thought. She said available financial resources were a crucial determinant of a parent’s decision on their daughter’s education, as was the local availability of schools.
“We don’t have enough schools just for girls,” she said. “The classes are mixed, and that’s not acceptable in Yemeni culture,” Al-Deram said.
“Non-availability of female teachers is a major factor often cited by parents for keeping girls away from school,” Nasim-ur-Rehman, a UNICEF spokesman in Sanaa said. Even if the schools exist, they often lacked basic amenities like a toilet, he added.
Teachers Demand: Obey the wages law
Despite the bloody clashes and four deaths caused by the demonstrations in Aden and Muklla last week, sit-ins and protests are still being organized in many governments across Yemen. Demonstrators protest against government corruption and overbearing price hikes, demanding the authority to stop its “policy of starvation” as well as applying reforms
SANA’A, Sept. 5 –– Thousands of protestors in Al-Dale’ governorate, south of Yemen, called on Yemenis around the republic to subvert the existing regime. They announced this during a massive march which took place in Al-Dale’, on Tuesday Sept. 4. They demanded a serious dialogue to redraft the unification terms, ones that would be acceptable for the two parts of Yemen
SANA’A, NewsYemen
Security forces are noticed clearly deployed in the capital Sana’a after the three teachers’ syndicates have decided to organize a protest rally at al-Tahreer Square instead of Al-Horiya Area outside of the cabinet building.
Security sources told NewsYemen the security forces are on alert to prevent any riots. It said the security apparatuses have agreed with the syndicates to make a peaceful protest at al-Tahreer Square.
Sources in the teachers syndicates said they would continue peaceful protests to demand their legal rights.
The syndicates have called all teachers and workers in educational field in Sana’a and Amran to commit to “civilian ways of defending rights” and to be careless about any warnings or threats may be practiced against them by school administrations or officials.They have called journalists belong to different media outlets to cover the event and to advocate law, rights and freedoms.
educational opportunity like everything else is politicized
Saada War
The Southern protests
Tribal tensions
Taiz and other cities protests
The students
SANA’A, August 19 — Strong clashes occurred between soldiers and students enrolling at Sana’a University last Sunday in the yard of the Faculty of Trading and Commerce.
An eyewitness confirmed that soldiers and students fired shots during the enrolling process. One student, Ameen Al-Shubati, was injured and taken to the hospital after a soldier beat him in the head with the back of his pistol. The eyewitness indicated that the incident occurred in sequence with student protests against the enrolling committee at the Faculty of Trading and Commerce, accusing the faculty of unfairly distinguishing between students in the enrolling process. The eyewitness added that four of the soldiers were carrying weapons and about four others carried cudgels.
The General Union of Yemeni Students condemned the firing of shots and bashing of students with cudgels during the enrolling process. Redhwan Mass’oud, head of the General Union of Yemeni Students considered these acts as terrorism against university students and asked the concerned authorities to transfer the soldiers to the judiciary to be punished and to substitute the military guards with civil guards.
Abdul Malek Al-Sayiaghi, head of the General People’s Congress (GPC) at the Faculty of Trading and Commerce, considered that Mass’oud’s demands were geared toward clearing the university yard of security in order to encourage fighting and to attack university guards attempting to quell ensuing violence.
Al-Sayiaghi affirmed that the incident occurred when a group of Islah-affiliated students started distributing some enrollment forms and partisan slogans to students. He added that one of the Islah-affiliated students was the first to fire shots.
Al-Sayiaghi expected further incidents in the future and considered such incident the result of a lack of awareness among students of enrollment procedures.
There were more than 1,000 students and only one committee to receive students’ documents while there were three committees last year.
It is expected that Yemeni universities, in which the enrolling period started Saturday, August 18, will receive about 65,000 students for the 2007 – 2008 academic year.
Nice of him to spread around the fruits of corruption to loyalists at Sana’a University
Almotamar.net - President of Sana’a University Dr Khalid Tumaim said Sunday that President Ali Abdullah Saleh gave the university 300 laptop computers as a gift to be distributed among members of the teaching staff.
President of the university told almotamar.net the tender for purchasing the computers was concluded and that the computers would be distributed next week among the teaching staff.
The president’s gift for the University of Sana’a is the second one. In 2004 the president presented 1000 computers t the university.
On the other hand the University of Sana’a is holding moray morning a graduation ceremony for its student graduates for 2006 and scheduled to be attended by president of the republic. President of the university told almotamar.net that president Saleh would honour top students of departments and faculties of the university.
Bangalore, July. 26 (PTI): About 40 foreign students from countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh studying in various colleges in Karnataka have reportedly gone missing, a senior police official said today.
“About 40 foreign students who sought admission in various colleges in the state, including professional colleges mainly in Bangalore, Mysore and Gulbarga, were reported to be missing recently,” the official told PTI on condition of anonymity.
The students hailed from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Jordan, Indonesia and Yemen, he said.
The official, however, said the students had not been reported missing after the botched terror plot in Britain. “They have been missing before that, for sometime now,” he said.
Ten Pakistanis, who came to Bangalore during the Indo-Pakistan cricket series during December 2005, were also reported to be missing.
Police have a list of foreign students and those from Jammu and Kashmir who have enrolled in colleges in the state and are maintaining “surveillance on them”, the official said.
The terrorist attack against the Spanish tourists last week has shown that the cozy marriage between the regime and al-Qaeda has failed to bring about a sort of peace in the country. The political regime in Yemen adopted a different novel approach in its dealing with al-Qaeda operatives in which the second party commits itself to abiding by law and order, be faithful to the rulers, and then are free to promote their ideology of hatred and killing. So many people even Westerners were impressed by and willing to hear about the dialogue anecdote between the government and al-Qaeda members through some clerics. Yemen’s government shrugged its shoulders in pride that it could even send experts to other countries to promote its experience in countering terrorism via theological and intellectual debate.
I am not personally against the principle of dialogue as a means of sorting out disputes and differences. However, it is really difficult to ask jailed people to be your equal partners in such kinds of exercises. Of course, such people in jails are forced to show commitment so as to get free. The result is that some of them were found fighting in Iraq or Lebanon. The agreement with the authorities entailed that they commit themselves to law and obey the rulers, no more. There is no provision in the agreement that says they should denounce terrorism acts and the killing of people whosoever. The political regime should stop using such militants as a fuel in its dispute either with the opposition parties or other fanatic religious groups like al-Houthis. Using religion in such kinds of political fights is really devastating and what is happening in Sa’ada is a clear example.
The government mobilized efforts to condemn and protest this hateful act. This is fine. But, it is not enough to condemn or denounce. Some went to argue this was meant to damage or tarnish the image of Islam and Muslims. The image is already damaged and all people, mainly the government, should have the guts to say they are partially responsible for such crimes. Such mentalities having such extremist ideologies are operating freely and are running educational institutions and breeding such suicide bombers. These schools are getting more support and facilities than the public universities or schools. They do keep doing all this and then question the roots of terrorism.
To drive the point home, fighting terrorism should really start with cracking down such kind of curriculum and teachings that promote religious fanaticism and the outcome is such terrorist operations that hit the interests of all Yemenis without exclusion. This time I noticed that the reaction of the public was completely different; people were very angry with the heinous crime of killing people in Marib for the terrorist act has not got any justifications at all.
The faculty of Commerce and Administration in Ibb province issued a decision which provide to deprive 90 students of exams as they had refused to take part in the youth festival set up on the occasion of Yemen’s National Day , the 22nd of May .
For its part, HOOD Organizations for Rights and Freedoms considered this process as a crime committed against the students.
The member of HOOD said that this act contracts the state- constitution and all laws, demanding, in the mean time, to treat university students rightly and justly.
A recent report by the World Bank has indicated that during the last three decades, Yemen has experienced a profound and dramatic change, where the economy has seen a shift from an agriculture-dependent economy to a more diversified and market economy, hereby changing the underlying fundamentals of the Yemeni business environment. The report stated that the shift towards a market economy from the subsistence agriculture of the north and the command economy of the south has transformed livelihood systems.
This change is understandable considering the global economic transformations and the geo-political changes in Yemen. The report indicated that the emergence of a new governance system as a result of unification, hereby the formal and informal “rules of the game” has changed; in Yemeni culture, the land and the livestock were the source of wealth and employment
During the last three decades, this understanding has changed to the realization that the source of wealth and employment is the government. The report states: “the increasing concentration of economic and political power suggests that it carries with it the risk of elite capture of development benefits and the further widening of the gap between the rich and the poor.”
The World bank report, entitled ‘Country Social Analysis’ has the objective of analyzing the social context and trends in Yemen in order to identify the constrains and opportunities for development. Inline with that objective, the report concludes that the effectiveness of development support to Yemen can be enhanced by addressing the following inequalities:
• Access to water and land needs to be more equitably distributed;
• Youth, Women, and Rural people are becoming increasingly marginalized from the economy as traditional livelihood systems decline;
• With rapid urbanization, shanty dwellers are becoming increasingly socially and economically marginalized;
• State expenditures tend to favor the non-poor.
The report also highlights a number of strategic areas of intervention, including improving equity in the distribution of natural resources such as water resources, concentration of land ownership, and enforcement of expropriation laws which help the poor and marginalized social groups.
Another strategic intervention is in improving equity in distribution of public resources and services, in terms of inequality in public expenditures, inequality in access to healthcare, and the mismatch between education provided and labor market demands especially in rural inhabitants.
In addition to that, another strategic intervention is in promoting inclusion in economic opportunities; with focus on the high rates of youth unemployment and underemployment, and the employment of women in rural areas.
Moreover, improving social accountability was yet another area for strategic intervention, through the strengthening civil society to hold elected officials and service providers accountable, evaluate the quality of public service provision, provide access to justice especially for women and the poor, and involve women in decision making.
The ruling party has a different view of the report:
Almotamar.net - A World Bank (WB) report issued last week praised reforms the Yemeni government is implementing in different areas particularly in administration, judiciary, legislative fields related to fighting corruption as well as legislations on providing infrastructure luring investment.
The report which almotamar.net received a copy of it praised efforts of civil service in ridding of a large number of illusionary jobs and cases of double jobs.
The report on assessing development policy I Yemen, the WB to inaugurate next Saturday, mentioned that independence of the central apparatus for audition and accountability has improved, passing of a new law on financial obligations of government officials, in addition to that there is a new law on fighting corruption under legislation and it is identical to international criteria.
The report also praised reforms concerning enhancement of judiciary independence, pointing to the efforts implemented for improving the judicial apparatus infrastructure and the president of the republic’s departure from the post of chairman of the Higher Judiciary Council.
A teacher and headmaster were put in the prison of the Political Security in Taiz province over asking students to write compositions about corruption and price hikes on the Arabic language exam paper.
A reliable source in the Yemeni Teachers Syndicate, Taiz branch, said the security forces arrested the teacher Abdul-Rahim Ghalib in Al-Ta’awon School in Sabr district of Taiz and the teacher and headmaster of Al-Farouk School in Al-Akroud district.
The source said the first asked his students in the exam paper to write about corruption in the country and ways of fighting it and the second asked students to write about latest price hikes.
The teacher and headmaster asked students to write about general issues which official and private media are taking about, said the source.
“The teacher said (the government is trying under the leadership of prime minister Ali Mujawar and Yemen’s obedient son, president Ali Abdullah Saleh, to crackdown corruption and to lead the country to more prosperity…write at least 10 lines about kinds of corruption in Yemen and your role in eradicating corruption from the Yemeni society),” said the source.
The headmaster also put his question in this way: “those who cause the latest price hikes are outlaw, they should be punished…write about price hikes and the miserable economic situation that Yemeni people live.”, the source added.
He added that the way the teacher and headmaster expressed the points of corruption and price hikes have been the same expressed by official and private media and by officials themselves in their official statements and all Yemeni people.
YO :
Some teachers have been accepting bribes from students desperate for passing grades, say several Sanaani teachers. Nabil Ali al-Salahi, a teacher at al-Hajar secondary school in Baitha, says that teachers often take bribes from students, because their salaries of about $150 per month are not sufficient to cover their living expenses. These teachers feel they are helping the students get ahead, and helping themselves at the same time, he said. Bribes, teachers say, reach $200 for each course a student is passed without proving himself qualified.
This means that many unqualified students are being given passing grades. The result is that many of these students go on to college quite unprepared for the increased workload they will face. A number of Sana’a University professors say that the reason for the prevalence of student bribes to pass grade levels is due to schools not being well fitted for classes, as they lack proper facilities, desks and chairs, teachers, and an engaging educational environment. The lack of a good learning environment means that students can’t learn effectively, and thus look for other ways to get through school. “You cannot blame the students who have low grades for bribing the teachers.
Al-Sahwa :
June 9, 2007- The Teacher Syndicate in Taiz has revealed that some teachers were imprisoned in Tiaz because they had put questions about corruption in the last semester exams.
A well-informed source in the syndicate said that this behavior is a violation of the government mottos about combating corruption, demanding, in the meantime, the Political Security Organization to rehabilitate and apologize those teachers.
Its complete anarachy
May 21 ,2007 - Yemeni teacher syndicates in al-Dhalie province have condemned what they labeled irresponsible practices committed against teachers by powerful figures .
The so-called Mohammed al-Awdi who has several investments in the province and the brother of the parliamentarian, Abdu al-Awdi , accompanied with gunmen had broken out some schools early of the current week , arrested 5 teachers and led them to the security station of Damt district accusing them of possessing copies of documents which include a ruling had issued against the al-Awdi .
Moreover, he went to their houses, threatened them and tried to assault them with light arms.
For their part, three teacher syndicates expressed solidarity with teachers, calling all teachers in the province to consolidate, stand by their partners and vividly encounter such those assaults.
They also appealed all civil society organizations and the political parties to sustain them according to laws.
Student union leader beset by gang of thugs from stooge student union, called the Freedom Committee:
SANA’A, May 20 – Ridhwan Masoud, head of Sana’a University’s General Union for Yemeni Students, said Thursday that a group of students attacked him and threatened to kill him after a dispute about including some articles in the upcoming Rights and Freedoms Directory.
In a statement to local news web site NassPress.com, Masoud alleged that Mohammed Al-Ba’adani, head of the student union’s Freedoms Committee, attacked him with the help of more than 20 others after destroying some union property. “They also threatened to kill me in front of students,” he added.
According to Masoud, Al-Ba’adani wanted to include in the directory some articles prepared by the union’s committee. “When I refused to include the articles, Al-Ba’adani suddenly attacked me and threw a cup of tea in my face,” Masoud recounted.
The proposed articles stipulate that security authorities can intervene in student activities and stop any peaceful demonstration or expression on the university campus.
The alleged incident occurred a few days after the student union announced its solidarity with university teachers in their strike seeking to implement 2005’s Wages and Salaries Law No. 43.
Masoud accuses influential figures within the General People’s Congress, Yemen’s ruling party, of trying to cripple the union’s activities, but affirmed that it will continue defending students’ rights. A source at the student union holds university leaders responsible for the strike and called on the university’s president to resign.
The Sana’a University Staff Members Syndicate further accused university leaders of politicizing academic and administrative positions and linking appointments to political affiliation rather than capability and eligibility.
Additionally, Masoud denied reports on the ruling party web site almotamar.net that he attacked Al-Ba’adani.
The web site reported Thursday that Masoud attacked Al-Ba’adani, a member of the ruling party, at Sana’a University and that the student union’s executive office had decided to suspend Masoud as a result.
Almotamar.net - The Union of teachers and assistant teachers at the University of Sana’a, the Union’s Administration Body and all teachers of the university to stage a partial strike beginning of next Saturday to be followed by an all-out strike to be announced on Saturday 19 May.
A statement of the Union, almotamar.net received a copy of it, said the teaching staff members have found themselves forced to resort to a legitimate and legal way that they tried to avoid, ie the strike, for the achievement of all the just demands and legitimate rights of the teaching staff at the university.
The union ascribed its call for strike to not beginning in carrying out the executive procedures of the president of the republic election platform with regard to universities in hindering the president’s directives concerning residential plots of land for university teachers in addition to not implementing the university decision of distributing the plots of land among the teachers of the university.
The other cause mentioned in the statement regarding the strike is that of not spending the allowance of the nature of work to be added to wages scale and annual increments that was done previously.
Among other causes of the strike the union statement mentioned is non-implementation of agreements reached with the university presidency regarding the solution of retirement, death and promotions. The other cause is related to non-providing comprehensive health insurance that guarantees offering suitable health service to teachers, in addition to other demands.
The union said in its statement that suspending of lifting the strike is connected to meeting all the demands and implementation of all agreements, calling on Sana’a University Administration and concerned government sides to speed up meeting their demands and legitimate rights.
The union also expressed preparedness to make up the students for the period of strike.
Almotamar.net tried to contact officials at the Sana’a University and president of the university to comment on the teachers demands but failed to obtain any clarification or reply as the university officials declined to answer almotamar.net repeated phone calls.
May 9, 2007-The student sectors of the Joint Meeting Parties have warned of escalating their peaceful protests in solidarity with their 7 colleagues who will be deprived of entering exams of the current semester according to the faculty’s decision issued against them.
They condemned the abuses and infringements practiced by the languages faculty,Sana’a University against them and freedom of expression at the largest campus in the sate, demanding at the same time to drop down that arbitrary decision.
They further appealed their partners to unify against oppression and abuses they are suffering inside the university.
It is worth reclaiming that the decision was issued against the students as they hung posters which called students to post articles to al-Shams paper as a right ensured by the Yemeni constitution.
Update: Strike begins
May 12, 2007 - A well-informed source in the General Union of Yemeni students expressed solidarity with Sana’a University staff as they are deprived of their rights.
The Student Union cast responsibly for the strike on the university presidency, since it has not fulfilled its agreement with the staff syndicate.
Sana’a University staff started partial strike which will start form 12 -14 May, threatening at the same time to set up all-out strike from May 19.
The aforementioned source called on the University rector to resign if he has no ability to keep his obligations, pointing out to the risks of the strike particularly when the current semester is to be finished soon.
Teachers
YO May 26: The Academic Staff Union of Sana’a University suspended its total strike for two weeks, after the administration of the union met with Prime Minister Ali Mujawar last Saturday, April 19. Mujawar promised to help them to achieve their demands. Mujawar agreed to most of the professors’ demands, saying they would be accomplished this year, but some were postponed to the budget of 2008, said Professor Saleh al-Sanabani, the Financial Officer at the union.
Mujawar ordered the Ministry of Civil Service and Insurance to apply the law with regard to raising the salaries, bonuses, promotions for the professors and their assistants, and the reinstatement of salaries for retired professors and the families of deceased professors, as well as the reforming the professors and their assistants’ housing situation, according to the wages schedule in encoded in the law. So, the professors are to receive a YR 30,000 tax-exempt housing stipend per month, retroactively from January through May of this year. Furthermore, the budget for scientific research will be increased.
The union members will also get the remainder of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s gift of 700 computers. Some 400 will be from the university and 300 from Saleh. “The granted lands for the professors were taken by the Air Defense forces. Mujawar told the Minister of the Interior to compensate the professors with other lands,” al-Sanabani said. But the professors demanded that the government build them housing inside the university campus.
“There are very vast lands inside the university campus that can be enough to build houses, a university hospital and sports field,” he said. The previous prime minister formed a committee of the ministers of higher education, civil service and insurance, and finance, to study the possibility of the administrations of those ministries becoming financially independent of the Yemeni Universities.
“Mujawar ordered this committee to continue its work to achieve the independence of the universities,” al-Sanabani said. Mujawar charged all the Academic Staff Union of the Yemeni universities to offer a vision about the law of retirement to the Ministry of High Education. Then it will be raised by the cabinet, and finally to the Parliament to approve it.
The meeting was attended by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Saleh ba Sura, the Minister of Education, Abdul-Salam al-Jawfi, and the Minster of Telecommunication and Information Technology, Kamal al-Jabri and Khalid Tumaim the Chancellor of Sana’a University.
74% female illiteracy, I think it is, and most girls don’t go to school becasue they are needed to haul water everyday. About 70% of people live in rural areas, and only about a quarter of those have any access to clean water. The city of Taiz gets the water turned on once every 40 days. Otherwise they buy from private water sellers.
YT :
The Women’s National committee (WNC) sponsored by OXFAM – GB (Yemen), and under the patronage and attendance of his Excellency Dr Abdulsalam Al-Joffy- Minister of Education held on 30 of April 2007 a workshop to share the findings on an evaluation study of the progress in implementation of the first year of the Third Five Year Plan for Development and Eradicating Poverty 2006-2010. The study focused on the Education component, and more specifically, the objectives which aim at raising the acceptance and enrolment rates of females in Primary Education and increasing the number of female teachers in rural areas. In particular, the study selected the components of the implementation of the construction of female schools as well as female teachers’ employment during the year 2006 in three governorates that were chosen according to the high rates of girls’ enrolment. Those are Taiz, Abyan, and Haggah governorates.
The Dammaj school authorities say that there is no sustained hostilities between the Dammaj students and the Houthis, that the shooting incident that left one French student dead occured when two Dammaj students left the grounds without approval and got into a fire fight with the Houthis who were in a nearby residential area. The Dar al-Hadith school in Dammaj says it is well protected by the Yemeni government and the students have not taken up arms in the Sa’ada war.
Clarifications of what has been fabricated about us by some of the publications and broadcasts (ie the situation in Dammaaj)
Author: Aboo Mus’ab asSsalafee
In the name of Allaah the Rahmaan the Raheem
All praise to Allaah, Lord of all creation, and His salaah and salaam upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, to proceed:
Rumors have been broadcast amongst the people that the Daar al-Hadeeth center in Dammaaj, the students there, and that there is a war between the students and the raafidhah(shee’ah)-Allah fight them-and this recording by Shaykh Yahyaa al-Hajooree, Allaah preserve him, by the title of “Clarifications of what has been fabricated about us by some of the publications and broadcasts”.
Its contents (are):
There is definitely no war between Ahlus-Sunnah and the raafidhah, and all that the matter amounted to was that two students climbed the mountain where the raafidhah were concentrated along with the local people; they did so without the permission of the Shaykh,Allaah preserve him, were he said: “They went off and left without my approval.
Then what happened: the French brother was killed-Allah have mercy upon him- and the other, a French Algerian, was wounded-I ask Allaah for his wellbeing.
“Right now, there is no problem at the center and all is as usual, along with the fact that our brothers are taking the proper precautions in the face of the raafidhah, and all those who desire evil for the center- I ask Allaah defend it (Dammaaj) and the rest of the Muslim lands against the plots of the schemers.
And whoever says that there is a war between the People of the Sunnah and the raafidhah, then he is a liar. Allaah has given us enough protection from them through the (Yemenee) government.”
Writing this clearly and certainly to his beloved brothers of Ahlus-Sunnah, and doing so despite those who lurk in ambush and spitefully, your brother, Aboo Mus’ab as-Salafee: Husayn bin Ahmad bin Alee al-Hajooree-administrator of Shaykh Yahyaa’s site-Allaah preserve him.
Allaah’s Messenger said, “It is enough for one to be considered a liar that he speaks about every thing he hears.”
The Introduction to Saheeh Muslim
Ibraaheem al-Harbee said, ‘I heard Ahmad (Ahmad Ibn Hanbal) say, ‘If you love that Allaah should keep you upon that which you love, then remain upon that which He loves, and the good is in the one who sees no good in himself.”
I’m assuming its a translation of what is here at Sahab . The word Raafidhah is an inflamatory, insulting, takfir-ish term meaning rejectionists, and the republication of the statement is not an endorsement of this characterization.
Local Press , al-Tajamo:
- Yemeni militants crossing to Iraq number up to 2000
The newspaper quoted unofficial reports as saying that Yemeni militants, who cross into Iraqi to fight against the Iraqi government and the occupation forces, number up to 2000. The scores added that most of the militants come from the Yemeni south province of Abyan and Miseik area, east of the capital, and they organize their trips to the war-ravaged country illegally. Official security sources mentioned that these militants use the internet in order to attract youths aged between 18 and 37 years and train them on how to fight in Iraq.
The same sources disclosed that many of those who cross to Iraq to fight the occupation forces have been registered students at the Eman University, the biggest Islamic education institutions in Yemen.
The Appeal Prosecution in Remah province asked for brining the security director of Al-Jafariyah district, his companions and the prison guard in for investigation over a physical and psychological torture of the teacher Ismael Saad Abdu for 16 days.
The lawyer, Khalid al-Raimi, coordinator of the National Organization for Defending Rights and Freedoms in Hodeidah, said the head of the Appeal Court in the province ordered the security director to send the suit file to the Prosecution to start investigation with suspects.
Al-Raimi said that the security director might be referred to a punishment council recently set by the Interior Ministry to punish the outlaw personnel. But he said sucha procedure is to punish those who violated their duty, but the tortured teacher has the right to sue them before justice.
AL-MUKALLA, April 1 — More than 120 fishermen demonstrated and staged a sit-in on Saturday, March 24, before the Al-Mukalla governorate building in protest against extra taxes imposed on them.
The demonstrations were followed by riots and fishermen closed the nearby hospital, preventing people from getting inside and further broke the door of the Al-Mukalla Central Market. They also took by force fish and money belonging to three sellers. Another seller was injured when a fisherman hit him with a gauge.
In their letter sent to Hadramout governor Abdulqadder Hilal, the fisherman asked that the extra tax, which amounts to 3% according to Law number 2 of 2006, be lifted.
Reacting to the incident, the Hadramout governor and Minister of Fish Wealth held talks with fishermen representatives and both officials confessed the existence of mistakes and promised to adjust them.
Al-Mukalla Fishermen Association Chairman Abdullah Badawood noted the problem is not that of the added tax but the law and its bylaws relating to artificial fertilization, which affect bottom drag trawling and the reproduction of fish and inturn reduce profits.
The teachers want the law to be activated:
Sana’a University staff members staged a sit-in last Saturday before the University Administration in protest against university presidency and government stalling on early promises towards the rights of staffers.
In their press release, the staff members claimed that teaching would be halted for two hours in all university faculties and its branches as an initial step, and then stoppages would gradually increase until their demands are met.
Head of Sana’a University Staff Members Syndicate Dr. Abdurrahman Ghanem told The Yemen Times that the demonstration aims at forcing the government to meet their demands including administrative and financial independence, giving more care to scientific research and toward the implementation of the judicial ruling issued by the Capital’s West Court on March 7, 2007 that dictated the payment of suspended staffer salaries, and the handing in the President Saleh’s gifts represented in personal computers.
Ghanem also asked that Yemeni Universities Law be applied to administrative and academic appointments and that the resolution of the Sana’a University Council concerning the distribution of land pieces among staff members and improving life standards of assistant staff members, readers and teachers be implemented, together with adopting hardship allowance for those not included in Wages Law No. 43 of 2005. He further demanded that staff members’ residence allowances be paid that a 40 percent increase, to be calculated retrospectively since January 2005, be adopted.
President of Sana’a University Khalid Tamim accused the Finance Ministry of delaying the implementation of university staff members’ demands. He also assured that his university has met some demands and was about to meet others over the coming period.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Azazi noted the demonstration helped release 47 suspended salaries of 35 deceased staff members. He added that the syndicate would shift the sit-in to the Ministry of Finance the next day and that staff members would staged a similar one before the cabinet on Tuesday.
Diverting assets, mismanagement, favoritism, outdated materials
SANA’A, March 24 – Yemeni members of Parliament criticized the government for neglecting higher education and pushing Yemenis to emigrate outside the country. They requested actual financial dependence in Yemeni universities, along with reconsidering scholarships and admission policies.
Discussing a report by Parliament’s Higher Education Committee following field visits to Aden, Ibb and Taiz Universities, MP Sultan Al-Atwani noted that the universities are run from the outside, hinting at security leaders. He demanded the Higher Education Ministry not operate cultural attachés with a security mindset.
Al-Atwani criticized Yemen’s parallel education system, maintaining that it deepens class division, is done at the risk of the poor and runs counter to Yemeni Revolution goals, which called for eliminating the gap between classes.
MP Shawqi Al-Qadhi further criticized forced pensioning of university professors when their experience increases, calling on the Yemeni government to find responsible and carefully studied resolutions. He requested assisting such teachers to remain in their homeland and serve their nation, in addition to designating internal scholarships for talented students who don’t have the opportunity to study abroad.
Similarly, MPs Ali Al-Ansi and Abdu Al-Hudhaifi demanded the presence of Yemen’s prime minister, along with the ministers of finance, civil service and higher education, to discuss Yemeni higher education, noting that such an issue requires the attendance of all ministers, not just university rectors.
At a Feb. 25 session, the deputy minister of higher education requested making Yemeni universities independent. He complained about the shortage of resources allocated for universities in general and scientific research in particular, noting that each university receives only YR 5 million for scientific purposes.
Parliament assigned its Higher Education Committee to sit with finance, planning and civil service ministers and representatives to look into the MPs’ recommendations and how to treat the dysfunctions in Yemeni higher education.
In its report to Parliament, the committee mentioned that university curricula are outdated and don’t meet the needs of the labor market. It also pointed out that students have difficulty accessing the latest and modern journals and sources, further noting the absence of means enabling students to develop their capabilities.
The report referred to the problem of crowded halls, as well as shortcomings in staff knowledge of English and computers, together with limited participation in symposiums and scientific conferences.
It also revealed a shortage of financial allocations dedicated to scientific use, including libraries, laboratories, equipment, etc. Moreover, the report noted the absence of bylaws regulating enrollment, as there are different systems for joining universities, including the regular system and the parallel system (both in Yemeni currency) and the self-funding system (in US dollars). It further noted that parallel system revenues are spent on items that don’t serve the universities.
According to the report, the higher education department lacks a clear strategy to develop higher education. Further, it doesn’t send students to study abroad except to replace those who already have returned. This limits the number of staff, especially those with rare specializations.
It also noticed the absence of budgets to be spent on scientific research while some university staff aren’t registered. Staff members accumulate at university headquarters and facilities in major cities, but are scarce in branch faculties while some departments suffer lack of staff in certain specializations.
The committee found that it’s possible for universities to benefit from Yemeni staff to cover the existing shortage, thus saving huge sums of money spent on foreigners. It further assured that the Finance Ministry’s routine of paying entitlements is discouraging, noting that such conduct leaves a bad effect on university professors.
Concluding its report, the Higher Education Committee revealed that, except for some courses at some locations, the universities didn’t benefit from loans by the International Development Association.
Dammaj is a famous Salafi Islamic Institute in Saada. As usual, there are at least two versions of the story.
First version from the ruling party, a French student walking down the street gets killed by Houthis.
almotamar.net - Sources said the killing incident took place when students were walking in a street when some terrorist elements attacked them.
The sources pointed out that two students were killed Monday in Saada, one of them a French citizen living in Yemen to study Arabic language at Damaj Institute in the governorate. The attack also resulted in injury of other students.
The second version of the story comes from al-Estraki.net, the YSP’s website, which says three foreign students at Dammaj were killed. The school had been provided arms by the government, and the enthusiastic students established a checkpoint. In a shootout at the checkpoint with Houthi fighters, three Dammaaj students were killled: one Frenchman, one American, and one unidentified foreigner.
OK, the third version is from Islah’s paper, al-Sahwa: Houthis assualt Dammaj school. One British, a French and an Algerian killed.
al-Sahwa : Local sources affirmed Monday that British and French students who were studding at Dmaj Centre for Islamic studies were killed. They also said that an Algerian was wounded in an assault that targeted the centre.
The source cited that the centre was subjected to a similar assault last Wednesday in Saada by a Shiite rebel group, al-Houthi rebels.
On the other hand ,some sources said that al-Houthi followers could kidnap two soldiers in an abrupt assault in the area which had been controlled by the government forces .
They also asserted that three volunteers who were fighting with the government were killed by al-Houthi rebels.
Version four, the BBC:
SANAA (AFP) - A French and a British student, both Muslims, were killed in an attack by Shiite rebels on a Sunni Islamic college in a restive region of Yemen, a tribal source said Monday.
An Algerian student was also wounded in the attack which took place on Sunday, in the northern province of Saada, where Zaidi minority rebels are fighting government forces, the source told AFP requesting anonymity.
He said that the students were part of a group who were guarding the school at night.
The British and French embassies in Sanaa were not immediately available for comment.
Dozens of foreign students attend the school for Islamic studies at Dammaj, which is run by a Sunni Salafist group, the source added.
Sunni Salifists consider Shiite Muslims as heretics.
The Zaidis are an offshoot of Shiite Islam dominant in northwestern Yemen but form a minority in the mainly Sunni country. They began fighting government forces in 2004, since when hundreds have been killed.
The rebellion — which the government claimed to have crushed in April 2005 — flared up again in January following a presidential ultimatum for the rebels to disarm.
The rebels reject as illegitimate the current Yemeni authorities who seized power in a 1962 coup known as the September 26 revolution, overthrowing a Zaidi imamate.
mmmm, no I dont think the rebels see the republican regime as illegitimate, considering Hussain al-Houthi was a member of Parliament, as is Yahya al-Houthi.
So did the students attack the Houthis at a check-point the Dammaj students created, or did the Houthis attack the institute at Dammaaj? Yemen, land of a thousand realities. Over the last years, the Houthis have restricted themselves to military targets, unlike the regime.
Update: al-Tagheer quotes the al-Estraki story that the students set up a check point and also notes the 26 Sept says the Houthis attacked the school.
The Scotsman says there are about a dozen international students, but the source of the story is the regime. The previous AFP/BBC article says dozens of international students.
SANAA (Reuters) - A French student and a Yemeni man were killed and another Frenchman was wounded on Monday when Shi’ite rebels attacked an Islamic college in a volatile area in northern Yemen, a government official said. Earlier the official said two foreigners were killed in the attack.
A Frenchman, identified by the official only as Patrick, was killed, and a French student of Algerian origin was wounded. The attack, in which a Yemeni man was also killed, took place in the province of Saada where government forces have been battling Shi’ite rebels since the beginning of this year.
Residents said about a dozen international students attended the Dammaj Institute for Islamic studies. Many had feared such attacks because of the clashes in the region.
Yemen said on Friday 15 Shi’ite rebels were killed in a battle with Yemeni soldiers.
Government officials say at least 290 rebels and 132 soldiers have been killed in the clashes. The rebels have denied those numbers but given none of their own.
YO : Walking or guarding the school, or walking while guarding the school:
Two students, one of them French, of a Salafi institute in Sa’ada were killed in an attack carried out by al-Houthi followers, said officials Monday. “Elements of the terrorists Abdul Malek al-Houthi and Abdullah al-Ruzami attacked today a number of students of the Damaj institute in Sa’ada province.
While some students were walking on a road, the terrorists attacked them, killing two of them, one Yemeni and one French, who were studying Arabic language at the institute,” said the Defense Ministry website, 26sep.net, quoting an unidentified security source. The official also said that several other students were injured. The source said the students were part of a group guarding the Sunni religious school at night. Dozens of foreign students attend the Damaj school, the source added.
The Damaj institute is run by Salafis, who are in disagreement with the al-Houthis. Meanwhile, official sources said that Yahya al-Khodhair had died after he was injured in battle with the government troops three days ago in al-Salem. Al-Khodhair, leader of the al-Houthi followers in al-Salem, was the one who threatened the 45 Yemeni Jews of al-Salem, triggering the war. Local sources said that the rebels are resorting to using motorcycles for carrying out their operations against the troops.
SAN’A, Yemen: Members of a Shiite rebel group attacked students enrolled in a fundamentalist Sunni Muslim religious school Monday, killing a Frenchman and a Briton and wounding several others, according to Yemeni provincial officials.
But tribesmen said the students were fighting alongside government forces and tribal volunteers against “the Young Faithful Believers.” The Shiite Muslim group is led by Abdel-Malek al-Hawthi.
The tribesmen reported clashes Monday in al-Khanajer Mountains, which is several kilometers (miles) north of Saada, where the students’ Dammaj School is located. The tribesmen spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
The Saada governor’s office issued a statement saying that “terrorist members of the al-Hawthi group attacked a group of students enrolled in Dammaj School, killing two students.”
The statement did not say where the attack occurred. It said the students were studying Arabic at the school, one of the biggest religious learning centers in Yemen.
Two Students killed in Dar al-Hadith by Followers of Al-Houthi.
- Dammaj, YemenJust like the last round of sad news, it seems two foreign Stuents of Knowledge were killed in Yemen.
The following is my brief translation of this Arabic Article published yesterday. I came across it last night.
According to official sources, two foreign students –on of them of French nationality– were killed today in an attack on students of the Dar al-Hadith institute in the village of Dammaj. This attack, the first of it’s kind, was carried out by followers of al-Houthi, a local Shiitie Rebel Leader.
According to some local Yemeni websites:
The encounter took place when some of al-Houthi’s followers attacked a group of students from the Salafi institute.
The students “were standing guard, which was a newly enforced measure” after the Government had reportedly “armed them and a groupd of students from the Salafi institute to confront the followers of al-Houti.”
The encounter took place “during the passing of a patrol of al-Houthi’s followers in the area”.Some sources in San`aa’, close to the Administration of the institute reaffirmed, “The Institute commonly stays under tight security measures.” He also negated the “possibility of suporters of the Institute taking part in any armed confrontation with al-Houthi’s followers in the Sa`dah region.” Saying, “Our task is one of Da`wah (Islamic Propagation), not a Military one. We don’t take part in any armed struggle against that Rafidhi (Shiite) Rebellion which is present in the villages around the city of Sa`dah.” The source also mentioned his sorrow on hearing news of the institute in Dammaj coming under armed attack. He went on to say, “The Institute was established by Shaikh Muqbil bin Haadee al-Waadi`ee –rahimahullah (may Allah have mercy on him)– more than two decades ago and the people of the area have never known it to be anything other than a peaceful institution which calls to Allah through speech and intellect. Leaving ‘Da`wah by hand’ (using forecul measures) to the Authorities.”
He added that, “Despite the fact that Shaikh Muqbil and his followers would openly call to Allah and denouncing Shirk (Polytheism), Bid`ah (Innovation in religious matters) and Rafdh (Being of Shiite methodology), the School has never been associated with any armed encounter.” He then reaffirmed that, “The Center will continue the task of Shaikh Muqbil by defending the Sunnah (teachings of Prophet Muhammad) and defense of the Companions of the Prophet –sallallaahi `alaihi wa sallam (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him)– and the correct teachings of Islam, regardless of how many attempts there are to hamper it.”
The source, who asked to remain anonymous, also fiercely refuted the notion that al-Houthi’s followers conceal hatred for the Salafi Da`wah.”
He found it strange that, “Some people are trying to make this a sectarian conflict. This (al-Houthi’s followers) is an oppressive group that has rebelled against the Government. It is the Government, now, who strives to execute its authority in the region, keen on the service of its citizens”, as he put it.
almotamar.net - The Minster of Higher Education and Scientific Research Saleh Ali Basura revealed Sunday that the West Secretariat Court is presently trying the Applied Sciences University in Yemen at the backdrop of forging certificates and practicing fraud on Arab and Yemeni students.
The minister said in a statement to almotamar.net that the university has violated the Private Education Law and exceeded decision of the cabinet stipulating the closure all medicine faculties except the Sciences and Technology University. He indicated that thee university practiced fraud on Egyptian, Syrian and emirates students and granted some of them Bachelor degrees even while they were still in their first year of study in addition to practicing extortion by the presidency of the university on some students by refusing to give them back their documents and certificate unless they pay money in return.
The Court of South-West Secretariat held Wednesday its second sitting to consider the case and representative of prosecution accused owner of the University of violating the law of private education and decision of the cabinet, supporting his accusation with documents.
The court did then decide to postpone the case until next Wednesday to continue its consideration of the cases.
- Education official questioned in embezzlement
March 6 — Hajjah’s local council still is questioning Ahmad Al-Mu’lami, general manager of the governorate’s Education Office, who has been suspended since last November over embezzlement charges and complaints filed by several office employees, according to Ammar Lutfallah, head of the local council’s service committee.
Al-Mu’lami demands investigating those who made the complaints against him, adding that all of the charges attributed to him are false and baseless. He is accused of embezzling funds from several education projects.
Teachers and representatives of opposition parties in Makalla held a sit-in on Tuesday to draw attention to teachers situation. Reportedly some teachers in the district have been transfered to distant positions in retribution for their legal political activities which are said to be encouraged in a democracy. Some teachers have refused to go to the far off assignments, saying the order itself is illegal. The teachers have had little support from the local council, their parliamentary representative, national and union .
Its amazing how brave and determined some people are in the peaceful fight for their legitimate rights. They are modern day heros and give hope to the world.
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AS : The director of security in Riama province, Ahemed Mothna , affirmed the death of a teacher inside a jail in Bilad Altam .
“There are no details about the death event and we dispatched the criminal investigation director to interrogate” he added.
Moreover, scores of people protested in the province, demanding to unveil the surrounding conditions of the death.
The sheikh, Abdul-Karim al-Brar said that the prisoner’s family rejected taking their relative’s body, conditioning arrival of the prosecution.
Keep in mind, many teachers in opposition parties were transfered to distant posts after the election as retribution. Some refused to go. On the other hand, control of the pay to make sure it goes directly to the teachers is a good thing. There’s several good mechanisms here.
YO :
The educational bureau of the capital secretariat sacked 412 teachers this week, said Mohammed Abdullah al-Fadhli, the bureau’s general director. The teachers were discharged after it was proved that they had not been working for almost six months, which is the period required for legally sacking an employee for absenteeism.
This action came as part of the agenda of reform adopted by the Ministry of Civil Service and the Ministry of Education to end the practice of some workers illegally holding two government jobs, and the existence of phantom employees. Al-Fadhly said that his office sacked 361 teachers in December 2006 and 51 others this past January. Furthermore, the educational bureau has adopted a new strategy for paying its employees salaries. From the beginning of January 2007, all the employees of the educational bureau of the capital secretariat and all governmental schools in the capital began receiving their salaries from the CAC Bank after opening credit accounts there for each employee.
“This step will help to verify that the salaries are going to actual employees and not ‘ghost employees’ or other corrupt individuals,” said al-Fadhly. This step also encourages teachers to save money, and helps to ensure that they receive their salaries on time. Once the capital secretariat had adopted these reforms, the Ministry of the Civil Service decided to finally implement the teachers’ pay increase that was promised by the government last September. The pay increase was made effective in September 2006, but the actual dispersal of funds has been delayed.
The Ministry of the Civil Service stipulated that no governorate in the country would receive funding for the teachers’ pay increase until they had adopted and enacted the reform agenda, which included fingerprinting all current employees and getting rid of all dual jobs and sacking all non-working employees. Al-Fadhly, who considers himself “a reformist,” is proud that his educational bureau was the first to implement the reform agenda. As a result, twelve thousand teachers in Sana’a will receive their pay increases this month, at an estimated value of YR 500 million.
However, the teachers union has rejected the salary increase as insufficient, and far below the amount demanded by the union. The teachers union is one of three unions that represent teachers. The teachers union that is affiliated with the Islah party has rejected the current pay increase and is demanding a 200 percent increase in pay. The largest union—the Union of Educational Professions—had called for a strike at the beginning of February, after the salaries for the month of January were released without including the pay increase that both it and the government had agreed to this past September.
The strike was suspended when the Ministry of the Civil Service explained that no state institution would receive the pay increase until it had complied with the stipulations of the reform agenda, which the ministry distributed to all concerned bodies.
Government journalists strike to protest poor treatment
Traders strike to protest sales tax law
Doctors and teachers, an ongoing situation:
Sahwa The secretary general of the Doctor and Chemist Syndicate, Abdu Alqawi Alshamiri said that the syndicate will welcome the possible new prime minister with setting up an enduring sit-in in front of the cabinet building in case of not fulfilling their agreements signed with the cabinet .In a statement to Alsahwa, he called the government to apply the agreements signed between the government and the syndicate, threatening the government of any ploys or ever- postponements.On the other hand, the head of teacher syndicate, Ahmed Alrbahi said that the syndicate has not taken stances toward the remunerations of work nature which the government is planning to apply form the current month, indicating that the government is trying to cheat teachers and distancing them from the main requirements. He explained that the syndicate asks for applying the teacher laws from July 2005 and not form September 2oo6.
Teachers :
The senior member in Islah Party , Hamoud Aldharhi vividly criticized education situation in Yemen ,affirming that education policies are poor and very terrible .He said that there are confusions in education fields ,highlighting that cheating and counterfeiting , teachers carelessness and increasing students numbers led to fall and weakness in educations fields.
He considered the budget allocated for education as very low, calling at the same time to set up a national conference which has to be attended by all specialists and concerned parties since education concern all.
He confirmed that Muslims Brotherhood Movement in Yemen managed to achieve strong education policies, pointing out that disbanding the scientific institutes which had been established as a national necessity formed an education vacuum.
Hodeidah
Protest against rising license costs
Jan. 20 — Hundreds of bus drivers arranged a march to the administration of the governate traffic. The march protested the rising cost of licenses. They want the local authority and the governorate of Hodeidah to stop the extraction of the traffic administration. The marchers threaten to go on strike if the traffic administration doesn’t apply their requests.
Sana’a, Aden and Hodaida’s traders continue their strike for the second day protesting the sales tax law. Meantime, the finance minister affirmed that his ministry will apply the law approved by the parliament.
Although the trade and industry chamber called traders to end the strike, many stores and shops are still shut down.
The chairman of the trade and industry chamber , Mahfoz Shamakh, said that the strike was spontaneous reaction, pointing out that the chamber asks for canceling the new sales tax law or make amendments to it.
Mohammad Salah , the chamber’s member said that there are negotiations between the government and traders to come up acceptable solutions .
The Sales Tax law aims to curb tax avoidance by forcing business enterprises whose annual sales exceed YR 50 million (YR 40 million for service-based enterprises) to maintain sound accounting records and to keep a record of all financial transactions.
Sailors striking for back pay.
Twenty-one Nigerian sailors continue a sit-in since four weeks in the church of Ras Marbat in al-Tawahi district of Aden, south of Yemen, protesting the failure of the Yemeni Company for Fishing to pay their salaries.
A Nigerian sailor told NewsYemen that the unpaid salaries reached US $95,000 (equal to 18 million Yemeni rials).
A source in the same company denied the sailors claims. “The sailors might still have some unpaid money, but they wrongly dealt with the company and directly started the strike in the church despite the Yemeni justice is able to settle their problem, if they are right”, said the source.
The Nigerian sailors said they decided to make the strike inside the church because they are Christians and did not have another place.
NewsYemen was informed that Yemeni sailors are also making a strike for the same purpose.
News & Articles: 128 thousand people enrolled in illiteracy programs in Yemen during 2006
Monday 08 January 2007Yemen has commemorated on Monday, the Arab Day for the Eradication of Illiteracy which scheduled to be held a number of events and celebrations aiming to raise awareness of illiteracy problem, dangers and dimensions at the political, social and economic levels.
Ahmed Abdullah Ahmad head of Illiteracy and Adult Education Organization said that celebrating of Arab Day for the Eradication of Illiteracy represents manifestation of cultural awareness for the preparation of human being for contemporary life through science and knowledge.
He Pointed out that Yemen has developed considerably in the area of illiteracy eradication of where the last few years have seen a rise in the number of enrolled in illiteracy centers and adult education from (66151) in 2001 to (128080) in the year of 2006, while the proportion of illiteracy decreased from 56% in the in 1994 to the 45,7% in period of 10 years in the year 2004 and the proportion of 39% in the category of 10-45 as well as female illiteracy decreased to (62,1%) , among males (29,8%), and declined on the level of urbanization to (25,8%) and rural (54,3%).
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