جامعة صنعاء تلفظ أنفاسها الأخيرة..انهيار تاريخي في معدلات القبول بجامعة صنعاء يهدد مستقبل التعليم العالي

Sana’a University has recorded a sharp and unprecedented decline in the number of students enrolled in several of its main colleges, amid the continued rapid deterioration of the higher education sector in areas controlled by the Houthi militia and the increasing repercussions of the suffocating economic crisis and the lack of job opportunities for graduates.

Informed academic sources reported that the Faculty of Arts and Humanities attracted only about 50 students, while the number of registered students in the Faculty of Education decreased to less than 40 students in the literary departments and did not exceed 70 students in the scientific departments, while the number of applicants to the Faculty of Agriculture did not exceed 35 students, which are disastrous figures described as the lowest ever since the establishment of the university.

The sources attributed this large and dangerous reluctance to the worsening living and economic conditions of citizens, in addition to the complete lack of job and employment opportunities in local markets, which prompted increasing numbers of high school graduates to leave their studies and look for alternative sources of income instead of continuing university education.

This academic collapse comes after arbitrary measures taken by the Ministry of Education and Scientific Research of the Houthi militia, which included arbitrarily reducing admission rates in public and private universities and extending the validity of the high school diploma, steps that sparked a wave of widespread criticism in academic and educational circles.

Academics and Yemenis have confirmed that the continued reduction in admission rates, especially in a number of vital disciplines at Sana'a University, threatens to exacerbate the higher education crisis and negatively affects the quality of academic outputs, particularly in medical and scientific colleges, in light of the continued deterioration of the overall education sector as a result of systematic Houthi policies, scarcity of resources, and the decline of the nurturing academic environment.