Regular school hours in closed areas in Hebron

HEBRON - Ma'an - Classes have resumed in all schools located in closed areas and on the contact lines in the city of Hebron, as the Education Directorate in Hebron opened the new academic year 2024-2025 this morning, from the Cordoba Mixed Elementary School, located in the heart of Shuhada Street and adjacent to the settlement outposts in the Old City of Hebron. The Director General of Education in Hebron, Mr. Atef Al-Jamal, participated in his tour of Cordoba School, along with Muhannad Al-Jabri, Director General of the Hebron Reconstruction Committee, Khader Abu Al-Halawa and Khader Hassouna, representatives of the Civil Liaison, and Khalifa Al-Qawasmi, representative of the Hebron Governorate, and Mona Al-Haddad, Head of the Field Follow-up Department. Al-Jamal pointed out the role of the partnership between local and international institutions in supporting educational visions and trends and focusing on launching the new academic year in a way that ensures safe access to schools, praising the efforts m ade to embody face-to-face education this year. Al-Jamal discussed ways to support the access of students and teaching staff to schools in the Old City, especially those located in the closed area, and noted the importance of enhancing the potential of the educational and pedagogical process in coordination with national and international partner institutions in order to embody the right to education as a basic right guaranteed by international conventions. The representatives of the company institutions indicated their full readiness to participate in supporting the educational and pedagogical process and employing all available energies and capabilities in order to ensure the arrival of students and teachers to their schools, in addition to employing rapid response mechanisms for any emergency in order to enhance the educational and pedagogical process in the school and all schools in the closed area. In a related context, the Director of Public Relations and Media in the General Intelligence Service in the Hebron Governorate, Abdul Hafeez Al-Hashlamoun, said that officers from the service in Hebron today inspected the conditions of schools and kindergartens in the Old City and the closed areas of the city of Hebron. They were informed of their conditions and listened to an explanation of the difficulties they face. Al-Hashlamoun said that this visit came within the ongoing instructions of the Director General of the Authority in the Hebron Governorate, Brigadier General Ali Shaker Shaheen, especially those related to the Old City and closed areas. We conveyed the greetings of the Authority's leadership to the teaching staff in schools and kindergartens, and we stressed our support for them to overcome the crises that may hinder the educational process. He added, "We listened to an explanation about the opening of the school year, and it was a fruitful visit. Some requests were presented to us, and thus they will be submitted to the management of the agency to make decisions about them. We hope for all ou r children to succeed and excel." Source: Maan News Agency