One school in the north that started operating with tent ‘classrooms’ on Monday was swiftly flooded following heavy rain in Trikomo images on social media showed.
According to Yeni Duzen, three schools, Namik Kemal High School and Karakol Primary School in Famagusta, and Cumhuriyet High School in Trikomo began holding lessons in tents on Monday, following earthquake safety concerns for the buildings.
At Namik Kemal school over the previous weeks, parents had stopped sending their children to classes in protest over the unfit building.
Following this, ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu announced that classes would be conducted in tents in the three schools that were deemed unfit.
At Karakol primary on Monday, two parents also protested the fact that children had to go to school in tents, saying it was a “sin” that although seven earthquake victims were at the school, they had to be subjected to this type of education.
Children attending the ‘tent schools’ were able to see which tent their class was housed in on a board hung outside.
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According to reports, 25 tents have been set up at Namik Kemal school for 1,300 students and 100 teachers.
Speaking after the tent schools opened, Cavusoglu said that 14 classrooms at Namik Kemal were usable, after being evaluated by the earthquake committee.
He said that some of the classes from a nearby school will also be used, after March 30, but that until then some of the students would need to attend class in tents.
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