Kurdish protesters reject the Syrian Ministry of Education's decision to teach the Kurdish language three lessons a week
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Kurdish protesters in Syria rejected the decision of the Ministry of Education in the Syrian government to allocate three weekly classes for teaching the Kurdish language, considering the number insufficient, while footage showed hundreds of demonstrators raising banners and chants in the Kurdish language and the Kurdish flag, stressing that the language is their existence and identity.
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Why It Matters
On August 28, the Ministry of Education of the Syrian government issued a decision to include the Kurdish language as a national language in public and private schools in areas with a significant percentage of Kurdish citizens, provided that three classes per week are taught for the language class and a weekly class for activities.
The demonstrators also rejected the decision of the Ministry of Education in the Syrian government to allocate three weekly classes for teaching the Kurdish language, considering this number to be insufficient.
Footage showed hundreds of protesters gathering, raising banners and chanting slogans in the Kurdish language, including “Our language is our existence - our language is our identity” and “There is no life without the language,” along with protesters raising the Kurdish flag and banners reading: “I am Kurdish, my language is Kurdish.”
On August 28, the Ministry of Education in the Syrian government issued a decision stipulating the inclusion of the Kurdish language as a national language in public and private schools in areas where Kurdish citizens constitute a significant percentage of the population, at all educational levels, to be part of the approved curricula, to be taught in three classes per week for the language subject, in addition to a weekly class for the activities subject. The Kurds say that the government decision reduces the scope of teaching their language and limits it to the subjects of geography, history, social sciences, and philosophy only.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Kurdish protests will continue if the number of Kurdish language classes is not increased
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- What is the Syrian government's response to the Kurdish protests?
- Will the Ministry reconsider the number of classes allocated to the Kurdish language?
- In what areas exactly will these approaches be applied?
