Public school teachers protest in front of the Ministry of Education on March 13, 2023. (Credit: Mohammed Yassin/L'Orient Today)
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker cabinet on Wednesday canceled this year's Grade 9 official exams, also known as "Brevet" exams, citing "logistical" reasons pertaining to the security forces responsible for safety surrounding the examinations, the state-run National News Agency reports the caretaker Education Minister Abbas Halabi as announcing.
"Cabinet demanded the cancellation of the middle school (Grade 9) exams for this year, and it seems like there are logistical difficulties for security forces. For this reason we took this decision, but the funding for the [grade 12] high school exams are secured," Halabi said after a cabinet session Wednesday, according to the NNA.
Official exams were canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to lack of funding and COVID-19 measures. The exams went ahead last year.