Education Minister Elias Abou Saab guaranteed that “education is a message, not a job,” slamming employment contracts as an old fad.

“Ever since I took up office, I have never signed employment contracts for secondary schools, only a small number in primary education,” he noted during a graduation ceremony at Maroun Abboud public school, Aley.

Public schools require teachers, fair wage scale bill, and a fixed employment,” he added.

“I call for a prerequisite Masters’ degree for every professor applying for secondary education posts,” he said, suggesting setting different wages for each of primary and secondary school teachers.

Separately, Abou Saab defined the root cause of the Cabinet's dysfunction as factions' inability to accept the other.

“Never mistaken political rivalry for enmity; your real political enemy is the one invading your territories at the moment,” he said, claiming Israel as the only enemy of the state, backed by a new wave of terrorism.