Yemen’s teachers’ union accuses Houthis of indoctrinating children
Yahya Al-Yinai, a spokesman for the Yemeni Teachers Syndicate, told the Daily Telegraph that the militias had overhauled the teaching curriculum and installed their supporters as principals in just about 90 percent of the schools under their control.
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Students attend morning drills in Sana’a, Yemen. (REUTERS)
LONDON – Yemen’s teachers’ union denounced what it described as Tehran’s use of education to pursue a “policy of cultural colonialism,” in statements published by the Daily Telegraph.
According to the teachers’ union, Yemeni children are being indoctrinated with violent and anti-Semitic propaganda in areas controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthis.
The closest we have seen to being this is extreme is ISIS materials, said one analyst
15 April 2021 • 6:30am
Primary school students celebrate the end of their academic year at their school in March in Houthi-controlled capital city Sanaa
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Three million Yemeni children living in areas under Houthi control are being indoctrinated with education material filled with violent, anti-Semitic propaganda, an official from the Yemeni Teachers Syndicate has told the Telegraph.
Yahya Al-Yinai, the union’s head of media, said he had documented hundreds of changes to the teaching curriculum by the Iran-backed group, which since 2014 has fought a war against the government of Yemen.
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