Teachers demand review of redistribution list [Archives:2003/668/Local News]

Taiz, Sep, 13 – Teachers rallied last Saturday in the streets of Taiz demanding the immediate cancellation of the decision taken by the Ministry of Education to redistribution many teachers in the city of Taiz and send many of them to rural areas.
The rally started at the Education Office in Taiz and continued until the Taiz governorate headquarters, which is about 6 km away.
Female teachers told the Yemen Times that the decision of the Teachers Redistribution Committee and the Education Office in Taiz was a violation to the Education Minister’s decree concerning teachers’ distribution to remote areas.
Even the physically handicapped were included in the teachers’ redistribution list. According to the decision, Yaser Abdurrahim, a physically handicapped teacher will be sent from the al-Farouk School in Taiz City to Dhubab, a region close to the Bab al-Mandab straight near the Red Sea.
On his part, Mr. Ahmed al-Ansi, the Deputy Assistant of Taiz Governorate met the teachers and listened to complaints. Teachers were asked to lodge complaints about the new distribution list.
Female teachers were particularly furious about the decision. A female teacher working for more than 11 years in the Azoura School in Taiz is to be transformed to the outskirts of the city. She said that for eleven years she has been working happily in Taiz City and would reject any post in a remote area.
The majority of the teachers exposed to redistribution see the decisions taken to be a mere political decision and not for the benefit of education.
The decisions have come in bad timing for many teachers who may not have enough time to adjust to their new locations because the decisions came at the beginning of the new academic year.
Many educational experts say that this might weaken the quality of education in Yemen even further.
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