The Lebanese Minister of Education and Higher Education, Rima Karami, at her office, at the ministry. (Credit: Anne-Marie el-Hage / L’Orient-Le Jour.)
Lebanon’s education sector faces immense challenges amid the country’s ongoing economic crisis, which began in 2019, and the recent war between Hezbollah and Israel. Minister of Education and Higher Education Rima Karami is working on multiple fronts with a drive to bring change.An associate professor at the American University of Beirut, she specializes in educational management and policy. She remains focused on her goals: rehabilitating public schools and improving the quality of education. Three and a half months after taking office on Feb. 8, 2025, she gave L’Orient-Le Jour her first exclusive interview.At the start of your term, you announced your main goal of reviving public schools and preparing reforms. Have you made progress in this area?I have identified three priorities: the learning losses of students since the COVID-19...
Lebanon’s education sector faces immense challenges amid the country’s ongoing economic crisis, which began in 2019, and the recent war between Hezbollah and Israel. Minister of Education and Higher Education Rima Karami is working on multiple fronts with a drive to bring change.An associate professor at the American University of Beirut, she specializes in educational management and policy. She remains focused on her goals: rehabilitating public schools and improving the quality of education. Three and a half months after taking office on Feb. 8, 2025, she gave L’Orient-Le Jour her first exclusive interview.At the start of your term, you announced your main goal of reviving public schools and preparing reforms. Have you made progress in this area?I have identified three priorities: the learning losses of students since the...