Sana'a: A government school threatens students with expulsion due to their delay in paying a monthly tax to the Houthis

The administration of a government school in the capital Sana'a threatened some students with expulsion from the school for their delay in paying the monthly levies imposed by the Houthi militia on students since its control of Sana'a and a number of governorates.

A number of students' parents told "Yemeni Youth Net" that the Radfan School administration issued a direct threat to their children who have arrears, that if they do not pay quickly, they will be permanently expelled within a week of the warning.

The terrorist Houthi militia had previously imposed a sum of one thousand Yemeni riyals (530 dollars) on each student per month in government schools under the name of "community participation" in exchange for continuing their education in schools, which are basically free.

According to the students' parents, this collection is illegal, and the Houthi militia takes it from the students in order to pay salaries to the teachers, which it has not done yet.

Parents expressed their discontent over turning schools into collection points, and depriving their children of the right to education, in light of the deteriorating humanitarian conditions and the inability of millions of Yemenis to secure basic food for their families.

The Houthi militias are abandoning their responsibilities towards paying teachers’ salaries in the areas under their control, as a de facto authority, and are working to use this as a means of collecting taxes from citizens by imposing monthly fees on students.

In addition, it imposes fees on the commercial sector, including water companies, to support what it calls the “Teacher Fund,” and all of this pays half a salary every 4 months, which does not exceed an average of 25,000 riyals (about 50 US dollars).

The Houthi militias have been working to destroy the educational process in Yemen for years, starting with changing curricula, neglecting teachers and preventing their salaries from being paid, and even promoting sectarianism by giving greater attention to Houthi summer centers as a more important path than government education.