The Tigray Education Bureau has announced that more than 14,000 teachers have lost their presence in the field due to the genocidal war in Tigray.
Dr. Kiros Guesh, the head of the Tigray Education Bureau, presented that data at a forum being held in Shire to evaluate the performance of the 2016 education programs and discuss the directions for the 2017 EC education programs. He stated that the number of teachers has decreased significantly. The teachers were brutally killed by the forces of extermination in various areas, and many of them paid valuable sacrifices for the existence and security of the people of Tigray, many of them have been exposed to displacement, persecution, and have been forced to change their jobs because they have not been paid for more than two years.
Moreover, more than 2,470 schools have been damaged, and their internal equipment has been destroyed or looted. More than 12.5 million books have become unusable, and over 30,000 computers have been stolen, severely disrupting the overall education system in Tigray.
Furthermore, last year, 2.4 million students were targeted to enroll in school, yet only 1.2 million were able to join.