Teachers’ strike keeps schools closed in Libya
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on RFI
The Libyan teachers’ strike continues despite an agreement announced by the government on 7 November to end the movement. Classes have not resumed and many public schools remain closed in the west of the country, including Tripoli, according to RFI.
The agreement announced by the Libyan government on Saturday 7 November to end the teachers’ strike has not led to the resumption of classes. Public schools remain closed in several cities in the west, including Tripoli, reports RFI.
The movement, launched on 13 September by teachers in schools and secondary schools, has gradually spread across western Libya. The strikers are making the resumption of work conditional on their demands being met, according to RFI.
The situation extends the disruptions to the start of the school year already reported on 1 October, when the national strike delayed the resumption of classes in Libya. National teachers’ strike had then been reported as an obstacle to the start of the school year.
