TAIZ, Yemen — A joint meeting held on Friday, January 10, 2025, between Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan and the local teachers’ union has resulted in the establishment of a committee to address teachers' demands and facilitate the resumption of educational activities in schools across ...
MARIB, Yemen — The local authority in Marib Governorate has approved a monthly incentive of 70,000 Yemeni riyals for all teachers actively working in the region. This decision, announced by the governor, Major General Sultan Al-Aradah, is part of efforts to support educators amid ongoin...
TAIZ, Yemen — On January 2, 2025, the Teachers' Union in Taiz Governorate organized a large march to protest delayed salary payments and the deteriorating living conditions, calling for an increase in teachers' wages to ensure a decent standard of living. According to a reporter f...
A recent human rights report released on December 29, 2024, has documented the abduction and enforced disappearance of 1,304 academics and teachers by the Houthi movement, which is internationally classified as a terrorist organization, across various Yemeni provinces. The report, published by ...
On Wednesday, December 4, 2024, educational sources reported that semester exams have been suspended in the majority of public schools in Aden, Yemen’s temporary capital, due to a strike initiated at the beginning of the month. According to sources speaking to Barran Press, the strike con...
On Sunday, December 1, 2024, the Southern Teachers' Union announced the commencement of a strike in all schools across Aden, southern Yemen, starting Monday, due to delays in teacher salaries. The newly established union, affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council, stated that the de...
Security forces in Shabwah governorate violently dispersed a peaceful protest by dozens of teachers on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024. According to local sources, the assault, led by Commander Ali Majour of the Joint Forces, involved physical and verbal abuse of teachers demanding their overdue sa...
The Yemeni Teachers' Union in Taiz Province (southwestern Yemen) has formally requested a salary increase of 30,000 Yemeni rials for teachers, aligning their pay with that of educators in Marib and several other provinces. In a memo addressed to Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan on November 6, 20...
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,"...
A teacher in Amran, northern Yemen, reportedly committed suicide after being evicted from his school housing, where he had lived for over 16 years. Local sources to Barran Press identified the teacher as Mukhtar Ali Qasim Al-Ariqi, originally from the Al-Arouq area in the Taiz governorate. ...
On Saturday, October 5, 2024, the Yemeni Teachers' Union stated that the suffering of teachers in Yemen, along with the hundreds of thousands of families they support, has "crossed the line from poverty to the brink of death." In a statement issued on World Teachers' Day, whic...