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Libyan public school teachers staged widespread protests across Tripoli and other cities on Thursday, demanding higher salaries, comprehensive health insurance, and overtime compensation from the Tripoli-based administration.
The demonstrations coincide with an ongoing three-week strike involving thousands of educators that has disrupted the start of the academic year, representing the largest labour action by teachers in years.
Demonstrators warned that they will launch an open-ended general strike expanding into private schools on Sunday if the education ministry fails to fulfil its promises.
Although UNICEF notes that education receives the largest portion of Libya’s national budget, public sector teachers continue to voice frustration over poor pay and inadequate working conditions.
The current labour unrest underscores broader structural challenges in a nation plagued by instability since the 2011 overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya remains politically fragmented between the UN-recognised government in Tripoli, led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, and an eastern rival administration backed by military commander Khalifa Haftar.
