The Houthi group, internationally recognized as a terrorist organization, has completed the printing of hundreds of thousands of textbooks after incorporating over 150 new changes aligned with their "sectarian" ideology, according to informed educational sources.

The sources, who work in the Ministry of Education in the unrecognized Sana'a government, spoke to Barran Press on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, on condition of anonymity for security reasons. They revealed that the Houthis have finalized the printing of these textbooks in recent days, describing them as "distorted and loaded with extensive changes that align with Houthi ideology."

These textbooks, the sources added, are intended for distribution to all public and private schools across Houthi-controlled areas after the Eid al-Adha holiday.

The new changes introduced by the Houthis in the school curriculum, exceeding 150 alterations, are described as "catastrophic and unprecedented" since the Houthi coup against the Yemeni government in late 2014. These changes have particularly targeted primary and secondary school curriculums.

The alterations include the introduction of fictional stories about the current Yemeni crisis, exploiting religious and doctrinal aspects to legitimize their terrorism and absolve themselves from the catastrophic war they ignited in the country.

According to the sources, Yahya al-Houthi, the brother of the group's leader and appointed Minister of Education in the internationally unrecognized Houthi government, issued directives in recent days to withdraw the remaining old textbooks from all schools and replace them with the newly printed Houthi curriculum.

After their coup in November 2016, the Houthis appointed Yahya al-Houthi as Minister of Education. He immediately formed a committee to rewrite educational curriculums, particularly Islamic education and history, and ordered the destruction of Islamic education textbooks within the school book printing presses.

In subsequent years, Yahya al-Houthi has restructured the Ministry of Education, transforming it into a platform for indoctrinating millions of children with the group's political and sectarian agenda, under the banner of "Houthification of Education."

Educational and human rights sources have documented the Houthis, under Yahya al-Houthi's leadership, dismissing thousands of educational staff and teachers, and replacing them with loyalists. They have also implemented radical changes in the curriculum, imposing religious texts by the group's founder, Hussein al-Houthi, for mandatory study, and exploiting extracurricular activities, including morning assembly, for their agenda.