Madar (Tripoli) - Libyan teachers on Sunday morning, November 8, 2026, renewed protests outside several education offices in Tripoli and nearby municipalities, refusing to end their sit-in until all their demands are met, even though some offices had announced the night before that classes would resume, according to the Libyan news agency LANA.
According to the agency, protests were held outside the Tajoura and Janzour education offices, where participants raised slogans such as "A teacher's dignity is a red line" and "Our full rights, not deferred promises".
The General Union of Teachers announced on Saturday that it had agreed with the speaker of the House of Representatives to release 719 million dinars to pay the class allowance with October salaries, while saying the sit-in would continue until its other demands are met.
On Thursday, the Government of National Unity's finance minister said the amount would be transferred to the education ministry on Sunday and urged teachers to return to schools. He said demands for arrears of about 24 billion dinars were "impossible to meet at present", and that a bill on a unified salary scale had been sent to the House of Representatives.
Meanwhile, the Abu Salim education office announced that classes would officially resume in all its schools from Monday, November 9, after an emergency meeting. It said the sit-in had lasted "more than two months" and cited the discontent of parents, especially those with children in exam years.
The office said work was under way on a mechanism to pay arrears under Law No. 4 of 2018, prepare class-allowance cheques and start health insurance for the sector. The deputy minister for technical education also urged teachers and trainers at institutes to return, calling their demands "legitimate".
