Published : 07-01-2018
The students of Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus are experiencing doubled suffering, since the siege and bombardments of the regime on their camp has prevented them from their right for access to the system’s educational curriculums, in their schools inside the camp. A number of UNRWA’s schools in the camp have been subjected to direct bombardment, in addition to the displacement of thousands of the camp’s residents, due to the bombardments and siege. All of the above, have led to the halt of the educational process inside the camp.
The alternative schools inside the camp were they only option in front of the residents of the camp. Activists and volunteering teachers in the camp, opened some of the schools.
However, ISIS’s control over the camp since the beginning of April 2015, came to increase their suffering. Members of ISIS practice continuous violations practiced against the students in the camp, by imposing its thoughts by force on the students both in terms of their uniform and educational materials. It also closed the alternative schools completely, forcing the students to move to the alternative schools in the neighboring towns of Yelda and Babilla, which are under the control of the Syrian opposition.
These days, ISIS is imposing tightening procedures on the movement of students, by searching them before leaving and returning from their schools, through the Yelda-Yarmouk camp checkpoint. The tightening includes searching their school bags and checking their school books to see what is written inside them.
On their part, activists in Yarmouk camp called for the necessity of neutralizing the civilians and the need for the intervention of the international bodies, UNRWA and UNICEF in particular, to put an end to the tragedy of the students of Yarmouk camp.
The students of Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Damascus are experiencing doubled suffering, since the siege and bombardments of the regime on their camp has prevented them from their right for access to the system’s educational curriculums, in their schools inside the camp. A number of UNRWA’s schools in the camp have been subjected to direct bombardment, in addition to the displacement of thousands of the camp’s residents, due to the bombardments and siege. All of the above, have led to the halt of the educational process inside the camp.
The alternative schools inside the camp were they only option in front of the residents of the camp. Activists and volunteering teachers in the camp, opened some of the schools.
However, ISIS’s control over the camp since the beginning of April 2015, came to increase their suffering. Members of ISIS practice continuous violations practiced against the students in the camp, by imposing its thoughts by force on the students both in terms of their uniform and educational materials. It also closed the alternative schools completely, forcing the students to move to the alternative schools in the neighboring towns of Yelda and Babilla, which are under the control of the Syrian opposition.
These days, ISIS is imposing tightening procedures on the movement of students, by searching them before leaving and returning from their schools, through the Yelda-Yarmouk camp checkpoint. The tightening includes searching their school bags and checking their school books to see what is written inside them.
On their part, activists in Yarmouk camp called for the necessity of neutralizing the civilians and the need for the intervention of the international bodies, UNRWA and UNICEF in particular, to put an end to the tragedy of the students of Yarmouk camp.
