The Yemeni Teachers' Union has warned of escalating actions to ensure the fulfillment of its demands, holding the internationally designated terrorist group, the Houthis, fully responsible for the deterioration of the educational process.

In a statement reviewed by "Barran Press," the union called on the internationally recognized Yemeni government to ensure the regular payment of salaries for teachers and educational staff, including those displaced, and to implement salary adjustments that have been pending since 2013. They also urged the government to provide cost-of-living allowances that reflect rising commodity prices and to resume payments for displaced teachers.

The union criticized the political leadership of the recognized Yemeni government for the decline of the national currency and attributed the current situation to the Houthis' control over state institutions, looting of public resources, and withholding salaries for the past eight years.

The union urged teachers and educational staff to actively participate in upcoming protests, viewing the mobilization of teachers in Taiz as the beginning of collective actions across all governorates.

While the recognized Yemeni government has been making efforts to pay salaries across various state sectors, the continuing depreciation of the rial has exacerbated employees' hardships, leading many to leave their jobs for the private sector.

The union also appealed to the international community and the United Nations to compel the Iran-backed Houthis to pay teachers' salaries in areas under their control, encouraging educators to exercise their right to strike and engage in civil disobedience.

Since 2016, the Houthis have halted salary payments for state employees, particularly in the education sector, obstructing the Yemeni government's attempts to resume salary distributions in 2018, which had initially included health and education sectors.

In December 2018, the recognized government and the Houthis reached a UN-sponsored agreement to pay salaries from the revenues of the Hodeidah port; however, the Houthis subsequently stormed the central bank in Hodeidah, seizing port revenues for their own use.