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16-year-old Yasin had to migrate from İstanbul to Antep with his mother. Laid off during the pandemic, his father is still unemployed. As Yasin and his brother do not have Internet or a computer, they cannot attend their online classes.

The Education and Science Laborers Union (Eğitim-Sen) members have made statements for the press in Diyarbakır, Adana, Mersin and İstanbul, raising concerns about ongoing problems in face-to-face and distance education amid pandemic.

We listen to stories of people who knock doors over doors to ask for a television, tablet or smartphone. Power is also cut quite frequently in Yüksekova.

According to a survey conducted by the Mardin Branch of Education Union (Eğitim-Sen), 58.1 percent of parents are unwilling to send their children to school and 85.4 percent find the pandemic measures at schools insufficient.