Sit in front of “Education” … one week before the minister

Several students and teachers held a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, demanding the cancellation of official exams for all diplomas, and the beginning of making realistic and innovative plans for the next academic year that will compensate for the losses of students during this year.

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.

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 his position on the demands of parents and students, and after that he will build on what is required.”

Hanan Malik, a student, made a statement on behalf of the protesters, criticizing the decision of the Minister of Education to implement the remote study, and neglected that in Lebanon there is a large group below the poverty line and that she does not have Internet in your home to follow the lessons in addition to the slow Internet if present. 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 noted that career majors need practical and not just theoretical applications, so how will this be done from behind the computers, plus old curricula aren’t eligible for advanced technology 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, emphasizing: “Students in schools, institutes and universities continue their movements in the streets and squares, emphasizing not backing down from our demands.”