Teachers’ Syndicate Describes Salary Delays as a “Systematic Crime” and Threatens Comprehensive Escalatory Steps
Yemen Monitor/Newsroom:
The Yemeni Teachers’ Syndicate described the ongoing delay in teachers’ salaries as a “sustained and systematic crime” and a deliberate destruction of the educational process.
The Syndicate threatened to take comprehensive escalatory steps if their demands continue to be ignored, calling on students’ parents and media outlets to stand in solidarity with them in their struggle to secure their legitimate rights and preserve their dignity.
In a statement received by “Yemen Monitor,” the Syndicate expressed its dissatisfaction with the continued delay in disbursing salaries to male and female teachers in several governorates under the administration of the legitimate government, and the complete non-payment for over eight years in areas controlled by the Houthi group.
The statement demanded that the legitimate government in Aden promptly and regularly disburse the overdue salaries in accordance with laws and regulations. It also called on the Houthi group in Sana’a to pay teachers’ salaries for all past years based on the 2014 payroll records.
The Syndicate condemned what it called the “sustained and systematic crime” of salary cut-offs in Houthi areas, considering it “looting of public funds and systematic destruction of the educational process.” It warned against the continuation of this situation, which threatens hundreds of thousands of families and undermines the future of education in the country.
The Syndicate affirmed that teachers will be forced to take comprehensive escalatory steps if their demands continue to be ignored, despite their commitment to avoid disrupting studies out of consideration for the students’ interests. The Syndicate appealed to the United Nations and international human rights organizations to pressure the Houthis to pay teachers’ salaries and cease “indulging the authorities at the expense of human rights.”
The Syndicate called upon the President and members of the Presidential Leadership Council to compel the government to quickly disburse salaries, allowances, annual increments, and the cost-of-living allowance to avert the cessation of the educational process, stressing that the delay in salary payment is a clear violation of the constitution and law.
The Syndicate concluded its statement by calling on all male and female teachers, parents, and media outlets to stand in solidarity with them in their battle to obtain their legitimate rights and preserve the dignity of the teaching profession.
