‘Bandaging wounds’: Teachers’ selfless efforts in quake zone tent schools

‘Bandaging wounds’: Teachers’ selfless efforts in quake zone tent schools

While many studying centres have since reopened, classes are additionally persevering with in tent colleges arrange by volunteers and Turkish authorities within the quake-hit zone.

Students receive education in the class of Mehmetcik tent school set up at the tent city in Serinyol Neighbourhood in Hatay.
Students obtain schooling within the class of Mehmetcik tent college arrange on the tent metropolis in Serinyol Neighbourhood in Hatay.
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Despite being earthquake victims themselves, Turkish academics are placing in big efforts to maintain courses occurring, ensuring that no pupil is left behind.

School buildings had been additionally affected within the February 6 twin earthquakes that hit Türkiye’s southern area, killing over 45,000 folks, and academic establishments had been closed nationwide for over two weeks.

While many studying centres have since reopened, classes are additionally persevering with in tent colleges arrange by volunteers and authorities within the quake-hit zone.

Hatice Kubra Kurt, a Turkish language and literature instructor in Gaziantep province’s Islahiye district, informed Anadolu Agency that courses proceed in tent cities, or makeshift housing, for the quake victims.

“We are locals and reside in Islahiye. Like everyone else in this city we are living in tents… Being with children is therefore psychologically healthy for us, we are bandaging each other’s wounds,” she stated.

Kurt stated elementary college courses start within the morning, and center college within the afternoon.

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Financial, ethical assist

“Here, we do our best to interact with them one-on-one. They are currently having trouble concentrating since the children have already been impacted by the earthquakes. We began with higher activity levels to help kids concentrate as much as possible, and then we tried to concentrate on our lessons so they could go back to their regular lives at school with repeated lessons,” she stated.

“Many people offered both financial and moral help. Many people come here voluntarily to work. They assist us. This is how things are currently developing. Children cannot fully comprehend the scenario because we are somewhat crowded at the same time. We’re undergoing a process,” Kurt added.

She stated daily will not be the identical and the variety of college students varies, however nobody is pressured to affix the courses.

“They want to attend classes as well as the events taking place outdoors. They voluntarily arrive and leave, we can’t find them and we can’t force them,” she stated.

“Given that we are in a tent city, we can’t find who lives where. We can’t communicate with the parents … When they arrive, we open our doors, and head back to our tent homes after the school is over.”

The 7.7 and seven.6- magnitude quakes struck 11 Turkish provinces – Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa, affecting greater than 13 million folks. 

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