The caretaker Education Minister Abbas Halabi, announced in a statement that “following the previous statement ordering the closure of public and private schools, secondary schools, institutes, and vocational schools on Monday and Tuesday in the South governorates, Nabatieh, Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel, and the southern suburbs, it has been decided to suspend classes in the governorates of Beirut, Mount Lebanon, the North, and Akkar as well.
The suspension will also include the Lebanese University and private higher education institutions across all Lebanese regions on Tuesday. The minister called on all heads of educational and university institutions to follow ministry statements on this matter.
