Libya’s education minister was arrested on Monday as part of an enquiry into a lack of schoolbooks, the prosecution service said. “The Public Prosecution has launched an enquiry to determine the circumstances around contractual procedures for the printing of textbooks and the reasons for a shortfall,” it said. A number of other officials are wanted for questioning, including the minister for planning, it added. Before Megarief was arrested, the education ministry had blamed the delay on the complex process of reunifying Libya’s curriculum after a key east-west schism in 2014 produced different versions. Eastern and western camps signed a landmark ceasefire in October 2020 and have been working to align school curricula across the country.

Source: Libya Today December 20, 2021 19:42 UTC