My students sit in front of the Ministry of Education to cancel the official exams.

During the sit-in, a sit-in delegation met with the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Tariq Majzoub, in the presence of the Director-General of the Ministry, Fadi Yarq, and the head of the private schools teachers union and several teachers.

After the meeting, the delegation stated that it transmitted the demands of the sit-ins to the minister and informed him of the demands of the families that emphasize the end of the school year and take into account the economic situation and the inability to pay school fees. due to the deterioration of the situation.

The delegation announced that it had given Minister Majzoub a week “to determine its position on the demands of parents and students, and after that, it would be based on what is required.”

Statement
Hanan Malik, a student, made a statement on behalf of the protesters, criticizing the decision of the Minister of Education to implement the study remotely, and neglected that in Lebanon there is a large group below the poverty line and so that it does not have Internet at home to follow the lessons, in addition to the slow Internet if any. The statement also criticized the return to schools early next month, pointing to the inability of the poor class to ensure the price of masks and gloves daily, while continuing to register infections with the Corona virus, which would threaten the safety of all.

The statement indicated that undergraduate students need practical applications and not just theoretical, so how will this be done from behind computers, plus that older curricula are not eligible for advanced technological integration, surprisingly, “distinguishing between first and second episode students in academic education in terms of the continuity of the school year “? .

The statement emphasized the cancellation of official exams for all certificates and the start of making realistic and innovative plans for the upcoming academic year that will compensate for student losses this year. He also called for the end of the academic year and to obtain statements from the Ministry exclusively without restrictions or conditions, and that the Ministry be fully responsible in the matter of the accumulated premiums of citizens towards private schools.

The statement concluded by emphasizing: “Students in schools, institutes and universities continue their movements in the streets and squares, emphasizing not backing down from our demands.”

After that, the sit-ins joined the sit-ins at the Ministry of the Economy.