Mohammed al-Haidari (almotamar.net) - SANA'A- An official source at the Ministry of Education revealed that there are about 80 schools that have been closed since 2004 due to differences among influential social figures and local authority officials.
The source said in a statement to almotamar.net that those schools are found in Sana'a, Hadhramout, al-Hudeidah, Hajjah, al-Mahweet, Aden and Taiz, indicating that some of them were closed for lack of teachers.
The source added the ministry of education has observed about 30 projects that are thwarted due to retardation in building schools and not noting the expenses of constructing some other projects according to signed contracts.
The source made it clear that some of those problems cause the country lose millions of riyals.