Contrast between public and private education raises questions
LIBYA – Wasim Kleesh, media spokesman for the Teachers’ Movement in Libya, has questioned why classes are continuing at private educational institutions while they remain suspended in public schools, saying the disparity raises questions about how the executive authorities are dealing with the two sectors and with teachers’ demands.
Holding on to rights until demands are met
In comments to Al-Hadath TV, Kleesh said the movement would keep pressing for teachers’ rights and would not back down, describing them as entitlements that cannot be waived or overlooked.
He expressed hope that union action would help resolve the crisis and the problems facing the education sector, stressing that no party can contain the teachers’ sit-in without cooperating with them and listening to the demands of the various unions, movements and groups.
Support for private education as public schooling stalls
He said the executive authorities were supporting the continuation of private education at a time when public education still faced obstacles and problems that had led to classes being suspended.
He explained that the fact that some teachers were still working at private institutions did not mean the same could apply to all teachers, as circumstances and proportions differ from case to case, according to him.
