On Wednesday, the Ministry of Education in Tripoli held a workshop focusing on the development of primary stage education curricula.

Those present at the meeting included the Minister of Education, Othman Abdel-Jalil, a number of educational curricula experts, advisory committees and re-examination committees.

They discussed ways on how to develop the current educational curricula before the beginning of the next academic year and consideration of the teaching of English as a subject starting from first grade. They also looked into the study plan and the extension of the period of time for the academic year to 36 weeks.

Also on the table of discussions was the possible use of teacher support to aid in revising homework. Other proposals for curriculum development were also discussed.

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