Mohammed Aljazairy - Aleppo countryside
The eagerness to see Islamic groups and movements prompted the young Mohammed Al-Obaid, who has a forensic science degree, to search for an introduction to political science, the desire to understand events, analyze them and the decision-making mechanism to obtain a diploma in political science.
Mohammed says that what is happening on the Syrian arena is due to the manipulation of international politicians in the revolution according to their interests. It was necessary to know the world of politics, adding that this field of knowledge is not only useful to understand the policies of the world, but also important in any internal reform project, Considering that any social or economic change begins with political reform, in his opinion.
Some educational institutions operating in the north and east of Aleppo Governorate, which is controlled by the opposition, have organized training courses within the framework of organized curricula to acquaint young people with the field of political science and raise their awareness and awareness in the political field.
These institutions focus on targeting a select group of educated young people, who believe that this awareness is of great importance in the current period and can be invested in the political arena.
| BACKGROUND: Political reconstruction is far more important than reconstruction of infrastructure (island) |
Experiences are promising
The Afaq Institute for Thought and Political Science of the Academy of Horizons for Change and Development of the Turkish State of Gaziantep is one of the institutions that organize diplomas in the political sciences. Its branches are located in northern Syria. It also offers training and development workshops in political science, international law, community communication and the international economy. ins and outs.
"Our primary and core goal of the courses is to raise political awareness and provide the community with these cadres, because the political reconstruction is far more important than the reconstruction of infrastructure," said the director of the Afaq Ma'aruf Institute.
Al-Khalaf added that the Institute is signing memorandums of understanding with a number of research and research centers to approve the research of its graduate students and seeks to provide certificates for students from prestigious centers and institutes.
The importance of these courses in the rehabilitation of cadres in the armed opposition areas, which may form the nucleus of political parties representing the society in all its spectrum and defend its rights in international forums, and activists hope to gain political awareness, which is no longer exclusive to the elite in the next stage, which may witness political negotiations As some say.
"Our problem in the revolution has been a political problem," says social researcher Hamid Issa. "Society is in dire need of a political culture that establishes civil and democratic work, because tyranny deprives society of political action."
The regime monopolizes political action in its areas of control, and the curriculum of its political science school offers the vision of the ruling Baath Party and serves the survival of the regime as the opposition asserts.