Students: we do not accept limiting education in our mother tongue to 3 lessons week

Following the Ministry of Education's decision to allocate three lessons per week to the teaching of the Kurdish language, female students from the countryside of Girkê Legê expressed their rejection of the decision and called for it to be reviewed and amended in a way that guarantees their right to education in their mother tongue.

In this context, student Sama Hamo said: “We do not accept this decision because our language is Kurdish. I have been studying in my own language for 10 years, and we do not accept having our studies limited to three lessons a week.”

She added: “Our language is our existence and our identity, and it is our right to study in our mother tongue.”

For her part, student Ronaz Abdullah said: “I have been studying my mother tongue, Kurdish, since the first grade, and it is our right to continue our education in our own language.”

She added: “We do not accept having the time allocated to the Kurdish language limited. We want all our subjects to be taught in Kurdish.”

She stressed that they are also able to learn Arabic and English, but that Kurdish is their language, and they do not accept having a specific amount of time allocated to studying it.

Meanwhile, student Tili Hamo said: “I have been studying in Kurdish for 11 years, and we do not accept the Ministry of Education's decision because it is unfair and unacceptable. Our language is our identity, and no one has the right to set a specific amount of time for us to study in our mother tongue.”

The students called on the Ministry of Education to review and amend the decision, stressing that their right to education in their mother tongue cannot be reduced to three lessons per week, and that preserving and teaching the Kurdish language is an essential part of their identity and their right to education.

ANHA