{"id":16024,"date":"2025-04-16T20:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=16024"},"modified":"2025-04-16T20:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T20:59:06","slug":"sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-The recent tragedy in Sidi Bouzid offered a snapshot of the collapse of Tunisian institutions under President Kais Saied, who has been ruling the country for nearly six years and has held all powers for the past four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"282\" data-end=\"526\">The governorate of Sidi Bouzid (in central Tunisia) has witnessed a state of unrest since Monday, following the death of three students (aged 18 and 19) and the injury of others after a wall collapsed at a secondary school in the Mezzouna area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"790\">The incident, now referred to as the \u201cTragedy of the Wall Martyrs,\u201d has revived memories of the deteriorating situation in the \u201ccradle of the Tunisian revolution\u201d\u2014the same region where the first sparks that toppled former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali began.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10869\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10869 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kais-saied-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kais-saied-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kais-saied-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kais-saied-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kais-saied-1-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/kais-saied-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kais Saied government failure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"17\" data-end=\"78\"><strong data-start=\"17\" data-end=\"78\">Opposition Blames President Saied for Sidi Bouzid Tragedy<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"792\" data-end=\"1037\">While President Saied called for no leniency in holding those responsible for the incident accountable, the opposition denounced the authorities\u2019 \u201cneglect\u201d of the victims&#8217; families\u2019 suffering and their failure to offer an apology or condolences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1039\" data-end=\"1310\">The Republican Party held President Saied and his government fully politically and morally responsible\u2014\u201cespecially in light of the repeated rhetoric about \u2018construction and development,\u2019 while the walls of public institutions are collapsing on the heads of our children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1312\" data-end=\"1593\">The party stated that what happened \u201cwas not a random accident but a direct result of years of marginalization, poor governance, and a lack of genuine political will to reform the public sector, despite repeated warnings about the dangerous state of many educational institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1869\">The party also argued that \u201cpersisting with the same accusatory and distrustful rhetoric that has become a hallmark of the President\u2019s speeches will not fix the state of educational institutions, nor will it resolve the deep crises the country is facing in various sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15943\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15943\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15943 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/warrak5555555.jpg\" alt=\"Years of warnings ignored as neglected school infrastructure leads to deadly collapse, sparking national outrage and calls for accountability.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/warrak5555555.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/warrak5555555-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/warrak5555555-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15943\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tunisian school infrastructure failure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-8\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[70rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(12)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"63ad0d3c-4663-4666-ab8c-424bc367b39a\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<h3 data-start=\"17\" data-end=\"74\"><strong data-start=\"17\" data-end=\"74\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Riadh Chaibi Warns of Tunisia\u2019s Crumbling Foundations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"2134\">Riadh Chaibi, advisor to the head of the Ennahda Movement and a leader in the National Salvation Front, wrote: \u201cIt was not just the wall of the Mezzouna school that collapsed on our children\u2014it is all of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/15\/tunisia-school-tragedy-wall-collapse-kills-three-students-in-sidi-bouzid\/\">Tunisia<\/a>\u2019s walls that are at risk of meeting the same fate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2136\" data-end=\"2411\">He explained: \u201cThe wall of dignity, freedom, and justice\u2014the highest wall built by Tunisians during the democratic transition\u2014is now on the verge of collapse, along with the walls of the national state, social harmony, education, health, transportation, and public services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2413\" data-end=\"2626\">The Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights called on the authorities to \u201ctake responsibility for protecting our children, ensuring their safety, and preventing them from dying under crumbling walls and structures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2628\" data-end=\"2904\">It also called for efforts to \u201caddress the issues facing the public education system and to focus on reforming it using advanced scientific approaches and through genuine, in-depth consultations and effective academic frameworks\u2014far from populist slogans and hollow rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-The recent tragedy in Sidi Bouzid offered a snapshot of the collapse of Tunisian institutions under President Kais Saied, who has been ruling the country for nearly six years and has held all powers for the past four. The governorate of Sidi Bouzid (in central Tunisia) has witnessed a state of unrest since Monday, following &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[175,4883,4882],"class_list":["post-16024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-kais-saied","tag-the-governorate-of-sidi-bouzid","tag-tunisian-institutions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"fatal school wall collapse in Sidi Bouzid has reignited public anger over Tunisia\u2019s deteriorating infrastructure. failing.. Kais Saied\u2019s rule\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"fatal school wall collapse in Sidi Bouzid has reignited public anger over Tunisia\u2019s deteriorating infrastructure. failing.. Kais Saied\u2019s rule\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Watan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-16T20:59:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/w89.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"674\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Watan News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@watanserb_news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@watanserb_news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Watan News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Watan News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2\"},\"headline\":\"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-16T20:59:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":498,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/w89.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kais Saied\",\"The governorate of Sidi Bouzid (\",\"Tunisian institutions\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions - Watan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/w89.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-16T20:59:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"fatal school wall collapse in Sidi Bouzid has reignited public anger over Tunisia\u2019s deteriorating infrastructure. failing.. Kais Saied\u2019s rule\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/w89.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/w89.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":674,\"caption\":\"Wall Collapse Kills Three Students in Sidi Bouzid\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/16\\\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Watan\",\"description\":\"Your trusted source for global Arab news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"watanserb\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Watan News LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/watan.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/watan.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Watan News LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/watanserbusa\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/watanserb_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/watanserb\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/71589400\\\/admin\\\/feed\\\/posts\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/t.me\\\/watanserb\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCuioSm-SG28IHcy8muZn2wg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/play.google.com\\\/store\\\/apps\\\/details?id=com.goodbarber.watan&hl=en_US&gl=US\",\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.apple.com\\\/us\\\/app\\\/---\\\/id1242712408\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2\",\"name\":\"Watan News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Watan News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/watanserb.com\\\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions - Watan","description":"fatal school wall collapse in Sidi Bouzid has reignited public anger over Tunisia\u2019s deteriorating infrastructure. failing.. Kais Saied\u2019s rule","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions","og_description":"fatal school wall collapse in Sidi Bouzid has reignited public anger over Tunisia\u2019s deteriorating infrastructure. failing.. Kais Saied\u2019s rule","og_url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/","og_site_name":"Watan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa","article_published_time":"2025-04-16T20:59:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":674,"url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/w89.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Watan News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@watanserb_news","twitter_site":"@watanserb_news","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Watan News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/"},"author":{"name":"Watan News","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2"},"headline":"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions","datePublished":"2025-04-16T20:59:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/"},"wordCount":498,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/w89.jpg","keywords":["Kais Saied","The governorate of Sidi Bouzid (","Tunisian institutions"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/","name":"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions - Watan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/w89.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-16T20:59:06+00:00","description":"fatal school wall collapse in Sidi Bouzid has reignited public anger over Tunisia\u2019s deteriorating infrastructure. failing.. Kais Saied\u2019s rule","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/w89.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/w89.jpg","width":1200,"height":674,"caption":"Wall Collapse Kills Three Students in Sidi Bouzid"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/04\/16\/sidi-bouzid-school-tragedy-exposes-deep-crisis-in-tunisias-public-institutions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sidi Bouzid School Tragedy Exposes Deep Crisis in Tunisia\u2019s Public Institutions"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/","name":"Watan","description":"Your trusted source for global Arab news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"watanserb","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Watan News LLC","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/watan.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/watan.png","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Watan News LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa","https:\/\/x.com\/watanserb_news","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/watanserb\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/71589400\/admin\/feed\/posts\/","https:\/\/t.me\/watanserb","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuioSm-SG28IHcy8muZn2wg","https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.goodbarber.watan&hl=en_US&gl=US","https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/---\/id1242712408"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2","name":"Watan News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Watan News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/watanserb.com\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}