NEW Party Ankara Deputy Umut Akdoğan spoke at the General Assembly of the Turkish Grand National Assembly regarding the cleaning and hygiene problems in schools.
Pointing out that there is a lack of cleaning materials and personnel in schools, Akdoğan said, "There is this reality in school corridors. Yes, there is this reality in the classrooms as well. There is pollution in our toilets in schools to the extent that it threatens public health, and the Ministry of National Education is not interested in this issue in any way. We want our Grand National Assembly of Turkey to listen to this voice. There is no toilet paper, no soap, no personnel. A study has been carried out on personnel. The Ministry of National Education boasts of hiring 23 thousand cleaning personnel on its website. So what are these 23 thousand cleaning personnel for? "For 60 thousand schools. First of all, the Ministry of Education itself admits that there is no staff in 47 thousand schools," he said.
"WHAT CAN AN OFFICIAL DO?"
Stating that only one cleaning officer is given to a school with 1,500 students, Akdoğan said, "What can a cleaning officer do in a school with 1,500 students? He cannot do anything. The third issue is this: These cleaning personnel come to duty with the system we call TYP and work for six months. If these six months of the cleaning personnel at the school are completed in March, then good luck. No cleaning staff is around for 15 days, 20 days or a month. So why is there no cleaning staff? A cleaner cannot be found because no one wants to work with the salary given.
Minister, instead of driving around in your luxury car, why don't you mind cleaning the schools? Look, the Minister of National Education of the country goes in front of the party headquarters with his luxury Audi A8 car, shows off, distributes wedding invitations, and the vice presidents at the party headquarters shamelessly hug each other, kiss and greet them. "Don't they tell the minister that instead of traveling around with your luxury car and distributing wedding invitations, take care of the cleaning work in schools?" he said.
"DOESN'T HE KNOW?"
Akdoğan said to the General Assembly, "Let's leave here, let's go together to the schools to the right and left of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Also, this ministry gives certificates saying that my school is clean without any shame or boredom. Our school is not clean, dear MPs. Our children cannot go to the toilets in schools. Teachers cannot walk in the corridors where the toilets are located.
Parents are looking for soap, napkins, wet wipes and A4 paper. Parents make these correspondences through WhatsApp groups. Look, this is a parent correspondence in a school's WhatsApp group. I brought it to you, I took it out and brought it to you. “Friends, I am very uncomfortable with the water and soap issue at school. Children cannot wash their hands from morning to evening. "What can we do for this?" one parent wrote. The other one says, "Should we take the soap?" The other one says, “Maybe. Let's put it in the classroom and let them use it alternately.” The other one says, "If the majority says okay, we need to buy napkins too." The other parent says, “Let's buy soap, let's buy napkins, let's buy wet wipes. The other one says, "Should we put disinfectant?" The other one says, "Put them in a list and we will come." The other one says, "There is no A4 paper in the school until it comes to soap. Let me take it with me." "Isn't the minister aware of these?" he called out.
PROTOCOL PROPOSAL WITH THE MINISTER OF HEALTH
Stating that the life safety of children cannot be protected, children cannot be fed a single meal and cannot be sent to the toilet at school, Akdoğan said, "If the Minister of National Education and the members of the ruling party are not aware of this situation and say "we don't know such a thing, brother", this is a problem. If they are aware and remain silent, this is a completely different problem. Having our children catch diseases is an invitation to death. Look, our children were killed in schools. The Minister of National Education tried to make a distinction between which is the murder committed in the school and which is the murder committed on the street of the school. Therefore, he signed a protocol with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He suggested, "This should be done immediately with the Minister of Health and the health conditions should be examined."
"WE CANNOT ENTER THROUGH MICROBES"
Proposing to establish a commission, Akdoğan said, "Deputies, let's come together and go to any school. We will not be able to enter the corridor where the toilets are located in schools because of the smell, dirt and germs. If a child who tries to get an education by maintaining his concentration in that school from morning to evening cannot go to the toilet in this dirt, that child can neither maintain his concentration nor his health."
