Interested in public school that embraces everyone

The Minister of Education and Higher Education Akram Shuhaib stressed "his concern and interest in the public school that includes everyone", referring to the laws on budgets and series which prevented the new contract and the new job, highlighting "cooperation with managers and administration to distribute the hours to teachers of owners and former entrepreneurs". "Get a place for every student informed and welcome those attending public school".

At a meeting with a delegation of schools and professions of the Choueifat region, accompanied by the under-secretary of the interior of the Progressive Socialist Party Choueifat-Khaldeh, Marwan Abi Faraj and Anwar Beshnag , responsible for educational affairs at the Agency, explained that it was important to gather schools to raise funds to reduce waste, ensure quality and reduce costs. He stressed that the expected pressure on the public school because of the success achieved in the official diplomas and the economic situation of the country, stressing that "no teacher will be transferred only from a surplus to another".

Shehayeb commissioned engineer Maya Samaha to follow up with the directors and conduct a needs survey. It also asked the Mount Lebanon Education Zone to "prepare a copy of the schools needs for monitoring and securing before the new school year".

He also informed them of their requests regarding the development of schools according to the needs of each school, whether it is catering or equipment, or to provide the appropriate educational staff.

For their part, officials unanimously agreed on the need to ensure teachers rather than those who reach retirement age and called for "filling the gap of a number of school funds because of the many of the requirements paid by the funds, particularly with respect to the payment of contract fees, which will increase this year to compensate the proprietary teachers. "

They also called for "helping to prepare some schools for the installation of laboratories that do not have adequate and equipped premises".