Minister of Education in the Government of National Unity, Ali Al-Aabed, revealed in an exclusive statement to our source that the Curriculum Center had contracted, on August 12, with 22 local companies to print the school textbooks for the 2025–2026 academic year. Local letters of credit were opened for all companies, and 11 companies managed to deliver the books before the contractual deadline. The Ministry honored them with certificates of appreciation.
The minister continued:
“The remaining 11 companies outsourced the printing to a company in Italy but failed to meet deadlines and procrastinated. A committee was sent to visit the Italian company, where it was found that all the required books had indeed been printed and were ready for shipment. However, the delay was due to the Libyan companies’ inability to finance and ship the books.”
He added that a committee was formed to study the causes of the delay in printing, delivering, and handing over the textbooks. The investigation revealed deficiencies in the management of the Curriculum Center, particularly in its failure to seriously follow up with the companies, and that the companies themselves lacked the financial capacity to fulfill their obligations.
“As a result,” Al-Aabed said, “and in accordance with Article 11/1 of the Administrative Contracts Regulation No. 600/2024, we decided to assign a national company with a strong financial position to pay the printing costs to the Italian company and handle the direct shipment of the textbooks. The Director General of the Curriculum Center has been dismissed for proven negligence in performing his duties, and the Assistant Director has been assigned to oversee the center’s operations.”
