Published : 23-12-2021
Palestinian refugees from Syria have lashed out at the Palestinian Liberation Organization over the latest celebration held in Damascus to honour retired Palestinian teachers.
The refugees said the celebration was held in favour of Fatah affiliates while dozens of veteran and competent teachers have not been included on the awards list.
A refugee told AGPS that the celebration is “shameful” as every instructor received a sum of 50,000 Syrian pounds (15 USD) and 5,000 pounds as a transportation grant.
A few days earlier, the General Union of Palestinian Teachers honored a number of retired instructors from Palestinian refugee camps in Syria.
The list includes instructor Badriya Hasan Taamari who won the world’s best teacher award.
The event marks the Palestinian Teacher’s Day, celebrated annually on December 14 to pay tribute to Palestinian teachers who have served their students with extraordinary effort despite years of protracted displacement, unending occupation, and deadly shelling.
More than ten years into the conflict and more than one year into the pandemic, Palestinian teachers in displacement camps across war-torn Syria have made their best to ensure that their students’ access to education never wavers, even in the most unpredictable and trying circumstances, in some of the most challenging contexts of war, blockade and poverty.
Palestinian refugees from Syria have lashed out at the Palestinian Liberation Organization over the latest celebration held in Damascus to honour retired Palestinian teachers.
The refugees said the celebration was held in favour of Fatah affiliates while dozens of veteran and competent teachers have not been included on the awards list.
A refugee told AGPS that the celebration is “shameful” as every instructor received a sum of 50,000 Syrian pounds (15 USD) and 5,000 pounds as a transportation grant.
A few days earlier, the General Union of Palestinian Teachers honored a number of retired instructors from Palestinian refugee camps in Syria.
The list includes instructor Badriya Hasan Taamari who won the world’s best teacher award.
The event marks the Palestinian Teacher’s Day, celebrated annually on December 14 to pay tribute to Palestinian teachers who have served their students with extraordinary effort despite years of protracted displacement, unending occupation, and deadly shelling.
More than ten years into the conflict and more than one year into the pandemic, Palestinian teachers in displacement camps across war-torn Syria have made their best to ensure that their students’ access to education never wavers, even in the most unpredictable and trying circumstances, in some of the most challenging contexts of war, blockade and poverty.
