The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

Latest Turkish military escalation | Education and schooling disrupted in nearly 20 schools in Ain Al-Arab (Kobani)

The latest Turkish military escalation which started on November 19 has badly affected the areas of north and east Syria, particularly primary stage students, where education and schooling were disrupted in most of the schools in villages in Ain Al-Arab, near the Syria-Turkey border. In addition, some schools have sustained partial damage because of direct attacks. Moreover, nearly two thirds of the region’s students are at the risk of dropping out of schools, while no procedures were adopted by the Autonomous Administration and organisations operating in the region to restrict the threats posed by the war on those students.

 

The aerial and ground strikes by Turkish forces on Ain Al-Arab (Kobani) and surrounding villages in eastern Aleppo have led to the displacement of many residents of the border villages, while the residents who have chosen to stay are struggling with the war and its scourages and suspension of work in service centres.

 

Education and schooling were disrupted in primary schools in areas controlled by the Autonomous Administration over threats posed on the safety and lives of students. Those schools, whose number approximates 20, are in the following villages:

 

  • The western part of Ain Al-Arab countryside: Jabnah, Zur Maghar, Jarqali, Bayyadiyah, Tel Shaer, Ahmed Munir, Shayoukh and Saftak.

 

  • The eastern part of Ain Al-Arab countryside: Qarmough, Jayshan, Kuran, Kharabisan, Khan Jern, Baghdik, Kaltab, Ghareeb Sheikh, Ghali and Qartal.

 

Meanwhile, the schools in Kuran and Qararishik were completely destroyed and put out of service because of Turkish strikes.

 

On the other hand, some families have been displaced to neighbouring areas, namely Al-Raqqah, Manbij and Al-Qamishli, because of the deteriorating education, especially the primary stage. Accordingly, students found themselves are obligated to change the curriculum they had studied, as there are some schools in these areas run by regime government and some others are run by the Autonomous Administration.

 

It is worth noting that human rights and humanitarian organisations operating in Ain Al-Arab area do not provide any support for the rehabilitation of schools, so that they can be opened.