The attacks in schools and the government's attitude were protested in Kadıköy in the evening. In the statement made by the Private Sector Teachers' Union during the action, "The real and real reasons for the problems we face today are economic instability, injustice, lack of merit, the rapid privatization of education, which is a public field, abandoning it to bosses whose only motivation is the profit they make, ignoring and devaluing the labor of teachers, leaving children without a future and helpless... We invite the authorities to talk about the problems and solve the problems that are required by their authority, instead of covering up the real problems! The responsibility falls on families, schools and teachers." We remind them that it cannot be solved by throwing away!” It was said.
Teachers held a protest march and press statement in Kadıköy in the evening against the attacks in schools. Eğitim-İş member teachers and high school students also participated in the action, which was held with the call of the Private Sector Teachers' Union. Teachers and students gathered in front of the Bull Statue and marched with the slogans "We will defend life, we will save education" and "We do not want to die while working", and the press release of the Teachers' Union was read in Iskele Square.
"WE WILL NOT LEAVE EDUCATION TO ITS FATE"
"In Türkiye, the events that we do not want to see and experience have been increasing in recent years, unfortunately, they are happening in our schools, which are the last place to happen. Our children, teachers and education, the most valuable treasure and future of a society, are being abandoned to darkness. We will not abandon our children, teachers and education to their own fate. We will not surrender to the darkness!" The following opinions were included in the press release, which started with the following words:
"THE PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY FAMILY, SCHOOL, TEACHERS AND SECURITY"
"The events we are experiencing today and the situation we are faced with are not a reality that occurred suddenly and spontaneously. The problem is not just family, school, teachers and security problems, as authorized people and institutions say in order to cover up their crimes and avoid responsibility. Compressing the problem into this small and narrow vision will not solve the problems, but will cause the mistakes that responsible officials make and insist on to be ignored. The real and real reasons for the problems we face today are economic instability, injustice, lack of merit, rapid privatization of education, which is a public area, They are left to bosses whose sole motivation is the profit they make, teachers' labor is ignored and devalued, and children are left without a future and helpless.
We, as the Private Sector Teachers' Union, remind you again that the right to life and education is the most fundamental human right! As teachers, we want to live safely with our students in our schools, without worrying about the future or thinking about the end of the month! We do not want to see our students' labor being exploited, dying, losing their limbs, or deteriorating their psychology in organized industrial zones and workplaces, but as free individuals who can live by achieving basic human rights in their schools!
"THE PROBLEM CANNOT BE SOLVED BY PLACING THE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS"
We invite the authorities to talk about the problems and solve the problems that are within their authority, instead of covering up the real problems! We remind them that it cannot be solved by placing the responsibility on families, schools and teachers!
The effects of war, crisis, systematically increasing violence, marginalization, and escalating attacks on various segments of society cannot be denied, as well as on children, as well as on the whole society. In its current form, this system promises nothing but violence to children and students!
We urgently demand that the economic problems of teachers and students be resolved, future and security concerns be eliminated, attacks on the reputation of the teaching profession be stopped, exploitation of children's labor through MESEM programs be stopped, security problems in schools be prevented, and teachers and students continue their education process safely in schools! At the same time, we call on the whole society, our teacher friends, and our parents. Let's come together for the future of our children. Let's fight for our demands.
Kadir Toruş on behalf of Eğitim-İş and a student on behalf of the High School Committees also spoke at the protest. "We are losing education workers one by one every day. We wake up every day with the fear of losing another friend, and every day we wake up with the fear of how many of our students we will lose," said Toruş.
"AKP GOVERNMENT'S SPOTLESS POLICIES, CALLING ATTITUDE..."
"It has been 4 weeks since the schools opened. Attacks have been carried out in 6 of our schools in 4 weeks. We continue to lose our teacher friends and many of our students. Unfortunately, these wasteful policies of the AKP government, its brutal and careless attitude towards education and modernization, unfortunately leave education workers in a more difficult situation and cause them to be massacred with each passing day. The paving way for individual armament in society and the ability of people to freely enter and exit schools are taking us and our colleagues out of this life one by one. is tearing it off.
Education has many problems. Appointed teachers' financial difficulties, persistently unappointed teachers' appointment problems and their increasing impoverishment, our students in MESEM being portrayed as cheap workers, being employed and unfortunately dying as child labor... Problems in education continue to turn into a bigger problem with each passing day. Unfortunately, Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin and National Education officials, who should put a stop to this, do not take any steps. It is as if the minister wants the problems to become more complicated with each passing day. We, as educators, will continue to show our determination to fight together at every stage, as we did today, tomorrow as well."
YOUNG PEOPLE'S VOICES ARE BEING SILENCED
A high school student who participated in the action on behalf of the high school committees said:
"High school students who want to take action in their schools against school attacks and organize a boycott are threatened by the administrations, they are threatened through their families, and disciplinary investigations are opened against them. They are trying to create a climate of fear, and they continue this in high schools as well. The crime they are presented with is organizing political action. Since the school protests on March 19, they have made incredible efforts to ensure that no leaves move in schools, high school students do not come together, and there are no protests inside the schools, and that is why they are doing these things today. These are what we have personally experienced, but what we know." We are sure that high school students are still trying to do something in places we are not aware of. High school students do not accept this order that is deemed appropriate for them and they are making noise. Let us say it again, you cannot deter us from fighting disciplinary investigations with empty threats.
