Deputy Akram Shahiib called on all officials in the government, the parliamentary council, and international donor organizations responsible for the education of Lebanese and non-Lebanese individuals to "implement effective solutions to resolve the current dilemma, protect official education, and diligently strive for a stable start for the upcoming academic year, restoring the educational level to its previous glory, securing official and school examinations with appropriate standards, and enabling teachers to access their schools and secondary institutions with an income that preserves their right to live with dignity and offers them social stability until salaries and wages are corrected."
During a press conference at the Progressive Socialist Party's center in Watte al-Masita, organized by the party's Education and Teaching Committee, he emphasized the necessity of achieving the following: correcting the salaries of teachers, hourly wages (contract hours), and linking them to the US dollar; urging donors to provide productive compensations and to fulfill their commitments to the education sector, which has endured much this year; eliminating discrimination between Lebanese and non-Lebanese education and removing preconditions; enabling the State Employees Cooperative to cover medical and hospital expenses and grants; linking transportation allowances to a specified number of liters of gasoline and paying them at a fluctuating rate corresponding to increases in fuel prices.
Shahiib added: "Adoption of a full contract for contractors across all sectors and titles, monthly payment of their dues, and granting daily transportation allowances similar to full-time teachers, as well as allowing contractors to benefit from the National Social Security Fund's provisions; abolishing the practice of hiring assistants and contracting through school and parental funds or friends' committees, and converting them to contracts according to regulations; transferring school fund dues so they can meet operational expenses; supporting public vocational and technical education school funds; and conducting stabilization exams with priority for surplus candidates from the last test or, at the very least, opening up contracting opportunities to introduce new talent to schools, particularly after the significant dropout occurring currently."
