Lab · before / after

The Curriculum Lab

We place the original Yemeni curriculum next to the post-2014 amended version, paragraph by paragraph, and analyze what was removed, added, and rewritten — to assess the impact on pupils' minds.

Civic Education · Grade 4

Sample 1

Original curriculum

The national anthem: 'Repeat, O world, my song… and remember in my joy each of my martyrs', accompanied by an explanation of the Republic's flag and emblems.

After Houthi amendment

The national anthem is replaced by a lineage-based slogan celebrating the 'Quranic March' and 'wilayat al-bayt', while the Republic's flag is downplayed.

Lab reading

Substituting the unifying national symbol with a factional symbol fractures the child's reference to the republican state.

Symbol substitutionNational identity
Source: School copies of Sana'a curricula after 2015 — under comparative verification.