Date of the academic year set for September causes Resentments

The officers of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Tunis- assembled in the faculty on the end of last week- expressed their resentment and rejected the handbill issued by the minister of higher education which set the first week of September as a date of the beginning of academic year and stipulated that 25 August is the deadline for the officers to resume their work.
These officers considered this last handbill as contradictory with the proclamation issued by the minister’s office which had set 22 September as the date of restart. The assembled officers rejected this handbill which restricts their right to choose their vacation and to enjoy annual and compensatory leaves. They requested the ministry to reexamine this handbill and warned to wage protests in support of this demands, especially bylaw demand. Unionist sources said that the tension may spread to other faculties.