Kurdish-Language teacher guides for school activities launched for grades 1–8

The SZK held an event today in Qamishlo to announce the release of teacher guides for school activities in Kurdish, comprising eight books for grades one through eight. The event was attended by Hasakeh Education Director Adnan Barî, Ministry of Education and Teaching Curriculum Director Ismat Ramadan, the foundation’s co-chair Vian Hassan, as well as a number of teachers and education professionals.

The event introduced the new guides for school activities in Kurdish and reviewed the stages of their preparation and translation by the Kurdish Language Foundation in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Teaching’s Curriculum Directorate, with the aim of providing educational materials and activities in Kurdish and supporting the educational process.

Participants stressed the importance of preparing and developing curricula and educational activities in Kurdish, describing the move as a step toward supporting mother-tongue education and meeting the needs of students and teachers. They also viewed it as a step toward recognizing the Kurdish language under Syria’s new constitution.

ANHA