Children fleeing from Lebanon start receiving education in mother tongue
Children of the families fleeing from Lebanon to North and East Syria have started receiving education in their mother tongue. Families say they are happy that their children have received education in their mother tongue.
EBÎR MUHEMED
Qamishlo- 20,409 people, including 6,236 women, 6,478 children and 94 Lebanese nationals, have fled from Lebanon to North and East Syria, according to the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
‘Children should receive education in all circumstances’
The Education Council in the Jazira Canton of North and East Syria launched a campaign for children fleeing from Lebanon to receive education. “We took a step for the education of the children fleeing from Lebanon,” said Gulistan Îsmaîl, Co-chair of the council. “We informed all schools to open their doors to the children. Kurdish, Arabic and Syriac are the official languages of learning at schools in North and East Syria. At schools, all students receive education in their mother tongue. So far, many students fleeing from Lebanon have enrolled in schools.”
The council makes great efforts to ensure that Kurdish children receive education in their mother tongue, Gulistan Îsmaîl said. “Some children have difficulties because they receive education in their mother tongue for the first time. Teachers make great efforts to teach children in their mother tongue.” The council has made a long-term plan, trying to ensure that the students continue their education.
Mihemed Yûsiv, 10, is a 3rd grade student, receiving education at the Wiam school in Qamishlo. Mihemed and his family fled from Lebanon to Qamishlo at the beginning of the war started between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. “We fled from Lebanon due to the war. I take all the lessons and learn Kurdish at the school.”
‘We fled from Lebanon for the future of our children’
Etiya Xelil, mother of Mihemed, is actually from the city of Qamishlo. After living in Damascus, the capital of Syria, for many years, she fled to Lebanon due the civil war in Syria with her family. After the war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, she fled from Lebanon to Qamishlo with her children and spouse.
“We fled from Lebanon to Qamishlo for the future of our children,” she said. “We want our children to receive education in their mother tongue. All families, especially the families that fled from Lebanon to North and East Syria should send their children for the future of their children.”