Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Tuesday welcomed at the Grand Serail head of the Education Parliamentary Committee MP Bahia Hariri, with whom he discussed the country’s political developments and educational condition. 

Mikati later held a meeting with Education Minister Abbas Halabi, MP Hariri, and Ministry of Education’s General Director, Dr. Fadi Yarak.

Following the meeting, Minister Halabi said, "We’ve discussed issues that involve teachers and schools in public and private sectors, as well as the best means to ensure a smooth scholastic year amid the country’s difficult circumstances."

"We’ve agreed on a set of measures that we will announce as of tomorrow with the Prime Minister, who will receive a delegation representing the teachers’ unions in public and private schools," Halabi added.