Ongoing protests | Students remove poster of Turkish flag and misshape “Brotherhood Has No Limits” graffiti in Azaz city

Aleppo province: Reliable SOHR activists have reported that angry high school students stormed the building of the “education directorate” in Azaz city in the northern countryside of Aleppo, where they removed a poster of the Turkish flag and misshaped graffiti left on the wall of the directorate’s building, which read “Brotherhood Has No Limits.”

 

According to SOHR sources, angry students had called yesterday to stage demonstrations and protests against the “education directorate” in “Euphrates Shield” area and its surroundings following the declaration of results of high school exams which showed a repetition rate of nearly 90 percent. This unprecedented rate has angered the students who accused the directorate of “tampering the exams’ results and changing some marks” to decrease the number of students passing this level in “Euphrates Shield” and “Olive Branch” areas.

 

Meanwhile, high school students staged other demonstrations in Afrin city, near the former building of “Al-Saray,” demanding remarking of exams, improvement of education and counter corrupt officials in education directorates.

 

Yesterday, SOHR activists reported that members of the Military Police in “Euphrates Shield” area beat several students, who were protesting the failure rate in high school exams declared by the “Directorate of Education” in the areas of the “Syrian Interim Government.” The students were attacked while they were writing graffiti against the educational institution in front of the building of the “Directorate of Educational” in Azaz city in north Aleppo countryside.

 

Moreover, dozens of students protested in that area against the exam results, and wrote slogans on the walls, which read “corrupt education, down with the Ministry of Education.”

 

This coincided with the ongoing violations against civilians in “Euphrates Shield” areas in northern Aleppo countryside.

 

It is worth noting that the failure rate of high school exams in local councils in some areas reached nearly 90%, which angered the residents and people on social media.