Despite reaching agreement allowing private courses | Asayish intelligence forces teachers to sign vows not to teach regime’s curriculum in Ain al-Arab (Kobani)

Aleppo province: After demonstrations by students for two successive days in Ain al-Arab city (Kobani) under the slogan of “let us decide our future” in light of Asayish intelligence service’s efforts to prohibit teaching the Syrian regime’s curriculum in the city, SOHR activists have reported that a delegation of some students, their parents and teachers met with officials of the Autonomous Administration.

 

During the meeting, the Autonomous Administration’s officials promised to overlook the private courses for teaching the Syrian regime’s curriculum. However, Asayish intelligence service summoned the remaining teachers and forced them to sign vows not to present courses of the Syrian regime’s curriculum to the city’s students, disregarding the agreement reached during the meeting, which stipulating for allowing private courses for teaching the Syrian regime’s curriculum.

 

It is worth noting that the number of students in preparatory and secondary stages in Kobani city approximates 1,500, but they face unknown future as many of them are unable to join schools and institutes in Aleppo city because of the poor social and material conditions.

 

On September 16, Observatory sources reported that the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) dispersed students who were protesting for the second consecutive day in Ain al-Arab city centre (Kobani) in eastern Aleppo.

 

According to SOHR sources, tens of students demonstrated in Ain al-Arab city centre on the previous day, demanding allow them to start private courses for learning the Syrian regime’s curriculum, before the security services dispersed the demonstrators.

 

Also, security and military services dispersed a demonstration took place on that day by force, and arrested several students.

 

SOHR activists confirmed that these demonstrations came after the teachers in that region had been forced to sign vows stipulating for not presenting courses of the Syrian regime’s curriculum to the city’s students.

 

The students were looking forward to learning the Syrian regime’s approved curriculum which grants internationally recognized certifications unlike the curriculums adopted in SDF-held areas. Its worth noting that the education institutions affiliated to SDF are still nascent and face considerable obstacles, as it is the case across the entire areas under the control of the Syrian opposition.