BEIRUT — Dozens of students from the Beirut Arab University observed a sit-in Monday morning in front of the establishment's headquarters in Beirut to protest an administrative decision to increase academic fees and set an amount to be paid in dollars.

Here's what we know: 

    • According to the state-run National News Agency, the protesters chanted slogans against the university administration's decision, stressing their "refusal to pay in dollars in view of the deterioration of socio-economic conditions" in the country. The administration had demanded that additional costs related to operational expenses be paid in dollars.

    • Access to education is becoming increasingly difficult in Lebanon, where at least three-quarters of of the population now lives below the poverty line according to the UN. Many schools and universities have increased academic fees due to the sharp depreciation of the Lebanese lira, which has lost some 90 percent of its value over the past two years.