Final exams start in West Bank schools despite ministry's opposition
Published 19 May 2013 12:00
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NABLUS (Ma’an) – School children across the West Bank started final exams
Sunday despite the ministry of education’s decision to delay them until the
end of the month, a union official said.

“The teachers’ union insisted on its decision to start finals Sunday, May 19
bypassing the ministry of education’s decision to start finals on May 28,”
spokesman Basim Naim told Ma’an.

He added that the union started final exams despite the ministry’s threats
to punish teachers.

The teachers, according to Naim, had only two options; announce an open
strike or start final exams at their own responsibility. They chose the
second option because the delay would have harmed the educational process,
he said.

Undersecretary of the ministry of education Muhammad Abu Zeid could not be
reached for a comment.