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Teachers' strike brings new upheaval for Libyans as school year stalls
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Oct 1 - A teachers' strike over pay and working conditions is disrupting schools across Libya and delaying the start of the new academic year.
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Teachers began protesting on September 13, the day schools were due to reopen, staging sit-ins outside schools and government buildings in the capital, Tripoli.
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Two weeks later, the teachers union escalated the campaign into an open-ended, nationwide strike across public schools.
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The walkout is the latest upheaval in a country still grappling with instability years after the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
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Libya has also faced widespread power cuts this summer and labour unrest that recently disrupted output at its largest oilfield.
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Teachers say low salaries and deteriorating school conditions have pushed them to act.
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"These are not demands, but rather rights – and rights have to be taken," said Mustafa Al-Bahilil, head of the teachers union in Ain Zara on Tripoli's southern outskirts.
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Teachers face difficulties ranging from a lack of computer labs to desks so worn out that they are unusable, often forcing staff and parents to pay for equipment themselves.
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Many teachers have to work second jobs because their salaries are so low, said Tripoli teacher Hamza al-Firjani.
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"They get promises, but all of them are fake promises," he said.
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The Ministry of Education did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for an interview.
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Teachers have also joined the strike in Benghazi in eastern Libya.
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The country has been divided between rival administrations in the east and west since a 2014 civil war.
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Mohammed Al-Jahawi, head of the teachers union in Benghazi, said the strikes were driven by surging food and other costs which had left many teachers unable to meet their basic needs.
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The prospect of a long disruption has left many parents anxious.
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Salah Awad, a 47-year-old father of three students in Benghazi, said he hoped that the teachers' needs were addressed, but he feared the strike was going to hurt students.
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"This is not the right time for a strike," he said.
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