Libya’s Ministry of Education has 600,000 employees, but only 180,000 actually teach – Huge corruption in the printing of the schoolbook
Oct 22 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s Ministry of Education has 600,000 employees, but only 180,000 actually teach – Huge corruption in the printing of the schoolbook

Acting Minister of Education, Ali Al-Abed, during a television interview on Libya's state Libya Al-Wataniya TV Channel, confirmed that the number of a...

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Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund signs contract with Turkey’s Ankamenia for maintenance of Benghazi University’s medical colleges
Jul 10 Sami Zaptia

Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund signs contract with Turkey’s Ankamenia for maintenance of Benghazi University’s medical colleges

The Director General of the eastern based Libya Development and Reconstruction Fund, Belgasem Khalifa Haftar, signed a contract last Tuesday (8 July)...

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Feb 18 Sami Zaptia

Zuwara’s universities struggling says municipality

Zuwara MunicipalityBy Jamie Prentis.Tunis, 17 February 2018: Zuwara’s education chief has bemoaned the “very weak” universities in the municipality....

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Maetig leads ministerial team visit to Rome; discussions focus on Italian-Libyan Economic Forum next month
Jun 20 Michel Cousins

Maetig leads ministerial team visit to Rome; discussions focus on Italian-Libyan Economic Forum next month

By Libya Herald reporter. Ahmed Maetig and Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano (Photo: Italian Foreign Ministry)Tunis, 20 June 2017:Plans for the...

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Mar 6 Michel Cousins

Assault on don closes university in Bani Walid

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 6 March 2017:The university in Bani Walid has suspended all classes until further notice after an assault on a member...

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Mar 4 Nigel Ash

Sirte schools also reopen tomorrow on schedule

By Libya Herald reporters. While Sirte schools are reopening, it is unclear if the town's university is ready (File photo)Tripoli, 4 March 2017:Studen...

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May 12 Michel Cousins

Government plans new facilities on new site for University of Benghazi

By Ayman Amzein.Benghazi, 15 May 2015:The government has announced that it is planning to move Benghazi University to a new site.Its spokesman, speaki...

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Colleges in Gharyan closed again following missile attack
Apr 25 Michel Cousins

Colleges in Gharyan closed again following missile attack

By Libya Herald reporter.Gharyan, 25 April 2015:Colleges in Gharyan have again been closed because of clashes and artillery fire in the area.The Mayor...

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Jalu College starts maintenance programme
Apr 17 Michel Cousins

Jalu College starts maintenance programme

By Jamel Adel.Tripoli, 17 April 2014:alu College of Science and Arts, a branch of the University of Benghazi, is relocating courses and its administra...

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Nov 15 thomwestcott

Crowded schools get boost with mobile classrooms

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 15 November 2013:The Ministry of Education is distributing 20 new mobile classrooms to schools across the country that...

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