Two members of the Nineveh Provincial Council confirmed yesterday , Tuesday, the existence of political and partisan interference in the work of the governorate’s Education Directorate, calling on the Ministry of Education to intervene quickly and urgently to stop these interferences that have affected the educational process .
Council member Mohammed Ahris said, “Partisan and political interference in the work of Nineveh Education has been identified, which has negatively affected the work of the directorate and the educational level of pupils and students .”
The Minister of Education called for “urgent intervention to end political interference in the work of Nineveh Education,” noting “the importance of ending these interferences, especially in the file of educational staff, which has caused a surplus in some schools, while leaving other schools devoid of teaching staff .”
As part of Nineveh Council’s follow-up of the file of parties and politicians’ interference in settling the staff in the Education Directorate, Provincial Council member Hisham Al-Hashemi pointed out: “There is a surplus in some schools and a vacancy in others due to interference in the staff settlement file .”
He explained that, “During my visit to a number of schools in the city of Mosul, I noticed a surplus in the teaching staff in a number of schools. We also noticed a defect in the work and favoritism in distributing the teaching staff to one school at the expense of another and to one region at the expense of another .”
He stressed the “need to scrutinize and follow up on all those responsible for this file, as it is directly linked to the success and strengthening of the work of the Education Directorate in Nineveh.”
