sharonbn
09-02-2003, 03:37 AM
The news paper “Al Quds Al Arabi”, published in London, reports today (Sep. 2nd) that Palestinian gov’t ordered its education system to “prevent any expression or symbol of the intifadah in the school”
According to the newspaper, the gov’t ordered teachers to prevent the display of pictures of Shahids (i.e. suicide bombers) in the classrooms and corridors of schoolhouses – a common custom since the beginning of the Intifadah. The gov’t also forbade the participation of pupils in demonstrations.
The Palestinian gov’t also forbade the distribution of propaganda material of the various factions within the schoolhouses and also forbade pupils from enrolling as members of these factions. PA Officials told the newspaper that violators of the new regulations will be subject to various sanctions, including job termination.
The new orders of the Palestinian gov’t come as part of the understandings reached after the publication of the roadmap. There understandings include a reform in the Palestinian education system, including modification of the teaching material.
* translated from Ynet.
According to the newspaper, the gov’t ordered teachers to prevent the display of pictures of Shahids (i.e. suicide bombers) in the classrooms and corridors of schoolhouses – a common custom since the beginning of the Intifadah. The gov’t also forbade the participation of pupils in demonstrations.
The Palestinian gov’t also forbade the distribution of propaganda material of the various factions within the schoolhouses and also forbade pupils from enrolling as members of these factions. PA Officials told the newspaper that violators of the new regulations will be subject to various sanctions, including job termination.
The new orders of the Palestinian gov’t come as part of the understandings reached after the publication of the roadmap. There understandings include a reform in the Palestinian education system, including modification of the teaching material.
* translated from Ynet.