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FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2015 • 20 Dhul-Qa’da 1436 • Volume 20 Number 6543 www.thepeninsulaqatar.com [email protected] | [email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 Qatar crush Bhutan SEC issues new Wars put 13m out of guidelines for Independent Schools staff school in Mideast DOHA: The Supreme Education Council (SEC), has issued fresh guidelines for members of Over 8,850 schools no longer usable, says Unicef teaching and non-teaching staff of Independent Schools and has AMMAN: More than 13 mil- Syria, it said education was pay- of at least 950,000 children. retained the ban on teachers lion children are being denied ing a “massive price” after four It detailed scenes among the giving private tuition. an education by Middle East year and a half years of conflict. 1,200 schools in Iraqi host com- A teacher found giving pri- conflicts, the UN said yesterday, One in four schools have been munities that have been turned vate tuition could lose his or warning “the hopes of a genera- closed since the conflict erupted, into shelters for those displaced her job. Also, it is understood tion” would be dashed if they causing more than two million by violence, with up to nine fami- that there are smoking zones in cannot return to classrooms. children to drop out and putting lies per classroom forced to pre- Independent Schools so teachers In a report on the impact close to half a million in danger of pare meals in courtyards. and administrative staff found of conflict on education in six losing their schooling. In addition, Conflict has also affected child smoking elsewhere in the school countries and territories across more than 52,000 teachers have learning in Libya with more than could attract fines. the region, the United Nation’s left their posts, saddling the coun- half of those displaced in the chaos One-day salary is to be deducted children fund Unicef said more try’s crumbling education system reporting that their children can- if a staffer is found smoking in a than 8,850 schools were no longer with an acute skills shortage. not attend classes. In Benghazi wrong place once. Likewise, if he or usable due to violence. Unicef said one of the worst alone, the UN said just 65 of 239 she is found smoking for the sec- It detailed cases of students direct attacks on a school in the schools are still functioning. ond and third time in unauthorized and teachers coming under direct region came in Yemen, where 13 In Sudan, the agency said high areas in the school, two and three fire, classrooms used as make- staff and four children were killed numbers of internally displaced days’ salary is to be deducted. shift bomb shelters and children in an assault on a teachers’ office families fleeing violence in Darfur The employee could lose his or having to cross active front lines in the western city of Amran. and South Kordofan states was her job if caught smoking in an just to take their exams. “The In the embattled Gaza Strip, putting untenable strain on undesignated area in the school destructive impact of conflict is which saw a 50-day war last year, the country’s creaking school for the fourth time. The guidelines being felt by children right across the UN said at least 281 schools infrastructure. are for the fresh school year (2015- the region,” said Peter Salama, had been damaged, and eight Unicef called for better infor- 16) that begins from Sunday, local regional director for Unicef in the “completely destroyed”. “My chil- mal education services in coun- Arabic daily Al Raya reports. Middle East and North Africa. dren were injured in a school. They tries affected by school closures Punishments for violating rules “It’s not just the physical dam- saw people injured with missing and for donor nations to prioritise include issuance of warning, sal- age being done to schools, but hands or legs, with wounded faces education funding throughout the ary deduction as said earlier in the despair felt by a generation and eyes,” the report quoted Gaza Middle East. “With more than the report, and removal from of schoolchildren who see their mother-of-two Niveen as saying. 13 million children already driven service. The employee could be hopes and futures shattered.” Unicef said that violence in from classrooms by conflict, it is removed from the service if he Last year alone, Unicef docu- Iraq, where pro-government no exaggeration to say that the A view of the final scoreboard at Al Sadd Stadium in Doha yesterday. or she produces fake documents, mented 214 attacks on schools in forces are battling the Islamic education prospects of a genera- Qatar crushed Bhutan 15-0 in a 2018 FIFA World Cup/2019 AFC Asian damages property of the school, Syria, Iraq, Libya, the Palestinian State jihadist group, has had a tion of children are in the bal- Cup joint-qualifying match at Al Sadd Stadium. No fewer than eight and endanger the safety and secu- territories, Sudan and Yemen. In severe impact on the schooling ance,” it said. AFP rity of the premises of a school. players scored for the home side. See also page 20 Breaches that could lead to removal of a staffer from his or her job include failure to perform duty properly. An employee found drunk on duty, assaulting the director of the school or parents and guard- Qatar in bid to protect Nepali workers’ rights ians of students, helping students in cheating in examinations, and wrongly using and disclosing per- DOHA: Qatar has joined hands Nepali migrant workers consti- our Workers’ Welfare Standards. The US Embassy’s Charge Nepal, Humanity United, part- sonal information of students. with international organisa- tute a strong work force in Qatar The experts attending also saw D’Affaires, Charles Carwile, ner organisation of the pro- THE PENINSULA tions to protect rights of Nepali having their population around our presence as very beneficial praised H E Ambassador Al gramme, hosted a four-day migrant workers. The Supreme 400,000. and they really appreciate our Hamar and Qatar for taking part migration learning tour across Committee for Delivery & Legacy H E Ahmed Jassim Al Hamar, work,” said Al Kubaisi. in the initiative. the country for a group of tech- Oil prices rise (SC)’s Workers’ Welfare Unit Qatar’s Ambassador to Nepal, Participants in the three-day “Migrant workers constitute nology developers, designers, and recently participated in Tech attended the event to support event included the Microsoft a driving force in Nepal’s econ- Nepali entrepreneurs to under- NEW YORK: Oil prices rose for Camp conference that will find the SC delegation which included Innovation Centre, Facebook/ omy. The US government sup- stand challenges faced by Nepali a second straight day yesterday ways to protect Nepali workers. Khalid Al Kubaisi, Chief of Internet.org, businesses and ports efforts to reduce the risk migrant workers. after the European Central Bank The participants of the con- the Advisory Unit and Special entrepreneurs, technology devel- of abuse and exploitation that Qatar is actively working indicated more stimulus could be ference will develop technology- Projects at the SC, Stephan opers, civil society groups, and these workers face overseas,” said towards improving the condition on its way for the eurozone. based solutions that will help Van Dyk, Audit and Training government representatives from John L Carwile, chargé d’affaires of migrant workers in the country US benchmark West Texas workers better protect themselves Manager, and Megan Jenkins, Nepal and the United States (US). at TechCamp Nepal’s during the and has announced several initia- Intermediate for October delivery at home and where they work. Governance and Enforcement Orgnasiers said that par- conference. tives to protect workers interests. was up 50 cents to $46.75 a bar- Hosted and organised by Manager. ticipants will develop technol- TechCamps are technology- On Wednesday, Qatar announced rel on the New York Mercantile US NGO Humanity United in “It’s the first time we officially ogy-based solutions to combat focused, capacity-building work- to introduce Wage Protection Exchange. Brent North Sea crude Kathmandu, Tech Camp is a come to such event and in the trafficking in persons by giving shops on specific issues hosted System from November 3 to for October, the global bench- conference on improving the future we look forward to partic- migrants access to information around the world by US State ensure that workers’ salary mark, closed at $50.68 a barrel in migration experience through ipating in more of these events on fees, the basics of employment Department since 2011. reaches to their account on time. London, a gain of 18 cents from technology. where we will keep showcasing contracts, and relevant laws In preparation for TechCamp THE PENINSULA Wednesday’s settlement. AFP Libya peace Egypt billionaire offers to buy talks begin in Geneva Med island for refugees GENEVA: The United Nations CAIRO: Egyptian billionaire Naguib is investment in infrastructure”. There would said a new round of talks aimed Sawiris has offered to buy an island off be “temporary shelters to house the people, at ending more than a year of Greece or Italy and develop it to help hun- then you start employing the people to build violence and political chaos in dreds of thousands of people fleeing from housing, schools, universities, hospitals.