Limited-income families among those hardest hit
LIBYA – Greater Tripoli teachers’ deputy Ashraf Aburawi said children from limited-income families are those most harmed by the suspension of classes, stressing that this harm should not be blamed on teachers alone.
Deteriorating teachers’ conditions reflect on the public school
Speaking in remarks to Libya Al-Hadath channel, Aburawi noted that the continued deterioration of teachers’ conditions reflects on the public school itself and may push skilled teachers to leave the profession or seek additional sources of income.
Strike open-ended; ending it tied to implementation
He pointed out that the current strike is open-ended and not tied to a fixed time limit, and that ending it is linked, from the union’s perspective, to the issuance of official decisions and the start of actual implementation of the demands — not merely to new promises.
Years of promises without tangible results
He added that teachers have over past years heard many promises about improving their conditions and unifying the pay scale without seeing tangible results.
General strike began on 27 September
Aburawi said the union does not want to give approximate figures at present, given that the general strike began officially on 27 September, after sit-ins of varying impact on the regularity of classes.
Ready to make up what students missed
He concluded by affirming teachers’ readiness to work on making up what pupils have missed as soon as classes resume.
