By Libya Herald staff.
Tripoli, 5 September 3014:
Schools in those areas which have been affected by conflict, predominately in . . .[restrict]Tripoli and Benghazi, are to remain closed until 21 September, the Ministry of Education has said.
Schools across the country officially opened on Sunday but most of those in the capital and Benghazi were forced to remain closed because of the potential risk to students, the Libyan News Agency LANA reported.
The Ministry of Education said it was working in difficult circumstances to ensure that students’ education was disrupted as little as possible. It added that it was in communication with municipal councils in the areas concerned and was woking with local leaders.
The ministry also said it would ensure that all schools would provided with necessary textbooks. There have been reports particularly in Benghazi, where schooling has been most disrupted by clashes, that no new textbooks had arrived for the beginning of the new academic year.
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