📰 2 sources 9 articles · 22 Oct 2026, 14:06 → 22 days ago

Full-time status for Lebanese University professors: agreement on 450 names per batch as Cabinet postpones decision

The issue of full-time status for contract professors at the Lebanese University returned to the forefront amid demands that the Cabinet approve it, as the government discussed the item without settling it. Education Minister Rima Karami announced the criteria for the decision and an increase in the number of names per batch from 400 to 450, while the number of full-time professors in each batch was agreed and the decision was postponed to a later session.

📍 Where things stand: The item remains pending after its decision was postponed to a later session, with agreement on 450 names in each of three batches.

⏱️ Timeline

22 Oct 2026, 14:06 The file of full-time status for contract professors at the Lebanese University returned to the forefront with renewed demands that the Cabinet approve it. Journalist Sami Klib said full-time status is a duty on the government and not a luxury, and the demands were conveyed to complete the amendments and approve the names and batches in full at today's session, stressing that 12 years of waiting is enough.
22 Oct 2026, 16:56 Al-Nahar newspaper reported that the Cabinet was at that moment discussing the item of full-time status for Lebanese University professors, with a tendency not to approve it during the current session.
22 Oct 2026, 17:48 Lebanon Debate reported that agreement was reached on the number of full-time professors in each batch, while the decision on the item was postponed to a later session.
22 Oct 2026, 19:52 Paul Morcos said the file of full-time status for Lebanese University professors includes three batches: the first with 450 names, the second with 450 names, and the third with 450 names as well.
22 Oct 2026, 19:58 Minister of Education and Higher Education Rima Karami announced that the ministry adopted three criteria in its decisions, foremost among them fairness and maintaining sectarian balance.
22 Oct 2026, 19:59 Karami announced that approval was obtained from the Ministry of Finance to increase the number from 400 to 450 in each batch, with the three criteria to be applied within each batch.
22 Oct 2026, 20:02 Karami announced that the first batch under the full-time status decision at the Lebanese University includes the professors most in need of full-time status and the most senior, in recognition of what they have given to the Lebanese University.