Tunis, Feb 6, 2019 – Thousands of Tunisian teachers took to the capital’s streets Wednesday to demand bonuses and improved working conditions months into a strike that has disrupted schools across the country. The protest was the latest in a stand-off ongoing since 2017 between Salem and the secretary general of Tunisia’s secondary school teachers’ union, Lassaad Yacoubi. Strikes since October have hit Tunisian schools hard, as many teachers have failed to conduct first term exams or give grades. “We are ready for serious negotiations and the signing of an agreement,” said Yacoubi, head of the teachers’ union. It would be the third mass strike in a matter of months against the government and reforms dictated by the International Monetary Fund.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 06, 2019 19:52 UTC