Representative Edgar Trabelsi directed sharp criticism at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education against the backdrop of the repercussions of canceling official certificates for this year, considering that the rights of students and their future cannot be subject to procrastination, and calling on the Ministry to take urgent measures to address the outstanding issues.
Trabelsi wrote, in a post on his account on the “X” platform: “The Ministry of Education faces its responsibility: When will it do justice to rights holders? The chaos that has engulfed the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and what resulted from the decision to cancel certificates for this year, cannot be addressed by justification, disavowing responsibility, or hiding behind the saying ‘gaps in legislation’.”
He added: “Correcting the mistake is a responsibility, and time is not for procrastination. Urgent measures are required: draft laws to correct the defect, implementation of Cabinet decisions and consultations with the Legislation and Issues Authority, and adoption of quick solutions that preserve the rights of all students and graduates, as happened in previous exceptional circumstances.”
He believed that “the most dangerous thing is for students who are not at fault to bear the price of cancellation, delay, and procrastination, while the ministry itself teaches them the principles of equality, equal opportunities, and fair rights.”
Trabelsi touched on the exams for free applicants, saying: “Well, the ministry did by setting dates for the exams for those with free applicants, even if they came late. But why do these exams start on August 26 and end on September 1?”
Why this delay that does not take into account the start dates of the university academic year? Wasn’t the ministry able to set earlier dates, finish marking, and announce the results at a time that would allow students to enroll in their universities on the specified dates?
He continued: “Is this the same ministry that wanted to hold exams for tens of thousands of students at the beginning of July, and repeatedly announced that it was ready and ready for that, and then today shows an inability to hold exams for a few hundred students at an earlier date? Where is the justification? And why is this procrastination against students waiting for a certificate that determines their future?”
He also raised the issue of students of foreign curricula, wondering why they were not included in the proposed solutions, and said: “It would have been better for this solution to include students of foreign curricula as well, instead of leaving them confused and afraid in the face of the possibility of wasting an entire year of their lives. So why are students of foreign curricula neglected? Was it not possible for them to be included in the free application exams? Does the ministry have a fair solution for them? Will it bear its responsibility instead of disavowing and blaming left and right? Do we need to Parliament intervenes to play the role of the ministry in correcting the imbalance and fairness to students and graduates through legislation?
Trabelsi moved to the file of transitional classes and completion exams for public school students, asking whether it was possible to adopt the experience of former Minister of Education Abbas Al-Halabi during the exceptional circumstances imposed by the previous war to provide justice to these students.
He also addressed the file of doctors and the colloquium exam, criticizing what he described as “complications and unfair procedures,” and said: “Why tamper with their fate through complications and unfair procedures? An extremely long statement was unable to justify these procedures or provide solutions for them. The arrogance and arrogance that the statement showed in dealing with countries and universities that are far superior to us is condemnable.”
He indicated that he was waiting for an “official written answer” from the government to the question he submitted to it. He also called on the Ministry of Education to reverse the additional measures that he considered to constitute an obstacle to students during the current year.
Trabelsi concluded by stressing that “students’ rights are not a subject for procrastination, and official certificates are not an administrative detail; they are a right, a future, and equality before the law.”
Trabelsi’s position comes at a time when a number of students are facing files related to the arrangements for the academic year and examination eligibility, after the cancellation of the official secondary school certificate exams for the year 2026, while the Ministry of Education has set special dates for the exams for free applicants between August 26 and September 1.
The sensitivity of the dates increases for students who need their results to complete university registration procedures, in addition to other files that include students in foreign curricula, transitional classes, and the colloquium exam. These are the files that Trabelsi placed at the heart of his demand that the ministry find quick solutions that preserve the rights of those concerned.
