When we talk about education in Yemen, there is a distinction between the present and the past. If we talk about it before the conflict began, we will see it in a good state relative to the special circumstances at the time, where continuity in what was already in place was better than trying to further develop it. Now, under the weight of the war, education is suffering from a lot of grief and exhaustion. Whether it’s the suspension of payments for teachers’ salaries, and failing to end child labor, poverty, and the poverty of technology, either way, what Yemen is really going through is a difficult situation. Seeing how the quality of the current education system does not contribute to the advancement of society, at this point we can say: war kills education.
For several years now, there has been an interruption of payment of monthly wages for teachers in the north of Yemen. This has led to the abandonment of schools by some teachers and as a result, has left students without anyone to teach them. Education seems to be linked to political decisions and therefore, the purely political influence and division in Yemen has led to complete chaos in the educational system. In Yemen, parents go through great suffering trying to provide their children’s needs for school supplies such as stationery and clothes, in addition to their constant renewed concern – access to textbooks – which, within the Yemeni Education Law, must be provided by the Ministry of Education for free. These attempts usually fail. The student finds himself or herself under the weight of the economic conditions generated by the war, driven unexpectedly and prematurely to work, trying to earn money to support the family at a time when he or she was supposed to be between a teacher and a book.
