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Behind the walls of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the academic arena has experienced hours of violent turbulence. Sources have monitored a state of severe confusion, manifested by the Minister of Education, Rima Karami, distributing a sharp “complaint statement” to the Parliamentary Education Committee, before hastily requesting its withdrawal later last night. This sudden reversal underscores the conflict of jurisdictions and the political pressures weighing heavily on the Ministry as it attempts to manage a deep educational crisis amid conflicting stances over the fate of the academic year and official examinations.<\/p>\n

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      Exclusive JNews Lebanon   Behind the walls of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, the academic arena has experienced hours of violent turbulence. Sources have monitored a state of severe confusion, manifested by the Minister of Education, Rima Karami, distributing a sharp “complaint statement” to the Parliamentary Education Committee, before hastily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow0Jy2DA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9412],"tags":[10139,3053,10136,10138,10137,10135],"class_list":["post-70289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news","tag-educational-crisis","tag-jnews-lebanon","tag-ministry-of-education-lebanon","tag-official-exams","tag-parliamentary-education-committee","tag-rima-karami"],"yoast_head":"\nBehind the scenes- Educational Turmoil: Karami's "Withdrawn" Statement Sparks Outrage - JNews Lebanon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Severe confusion hits Lebanon's Ministry of Education as Minister Rima Karami withdraws a sharp complaint amid political clashes over official exams\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jnewslebanon.com\/?p=70289\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Behind the scenes- Educational Turmoil: Karami's "Withdrawn" Statement Sparks Outrage - 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