Strike in Lebanon's public education sector over suspension of about 400 teachers and educational counselors

Lebanon Debate focused on the details of the sudden strike, its causes and the criticism surrounding it, while Al-Jadeed limited itself to the prior announcement of the strike without its reasons or scope, and LBCI gave a brief report on the strike continuing tomorrow without details on the demands.

• aljadeed Reported early that a strike would be carried out in public schools tomorrow, Thursday, without further details on its reasons or scope.
• Lebanon Debate Presented the news under the headline "sudden strike," linking it to the Ministry of Education's decision to suspend about 400 teachers and educational counselors in the afternoon shift dedicated to teaching Syrian refugee students, and quoted Dr. Nisreen Shahin criticizing the Teachers' Association's silence throughout a school month in which thousands of students and 3,500 teachers were left out of classrooms.
• LBCI Lebanon Limited itself to announcing the strike would continue tomorrow, attributed to the Association of Teachers of Official Basic Education, without details on the association's demands or the duration of the strike.