Tunis: President Kais Saied met with Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani at Carthage Palace on Wednesday evening to discuss the progress of the government's work over the past few days, in particular measures relating to the return of Tunisians living abroad. The President stressed the need to create the best conditions to facilitate procedures at air, land and sea ports and to improve the quality of services provided to Tunisians living abroad before their return, during their return and during their stay in the country, according to a statement from the Presidency. The functioning of a number of public institutions was also discussed, as well as the need to take urgent measures to ensure that each official carries out his duties to the fullest and that citizens' interests are not disrupted or delayed for "often not innocent reasons". The President said: "Today we are called upon to respond to the demands of our people and to take fateful decisions that do not allow for hesitation. Loyalty to the homeland is no t a slogan to be raised, and the revolution is not just a memory, but must be embodied every day and at all levels, because honesty and loyalty to the homeland have a single seat, and those who choose to wait should sit outside the state apparatus". Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
Substitute primary school teachers protest to demand recruitment
Dozens of substitute primary school teachers held a protest rally in front of the Ministry of Education on Wednesday, demanding that they be recruited and integrated into the teaching profession. The coordinator of the substitute primary school teachers, Wafa Dalensi, met with Minister of Education, Saloua Abassi, to present the grievances of the protesting teachers and to receive answers to their demands. The Minister of Education stressed that this issue is being studied and that a list of substitute teachers to be recruited will be announced in mid-May,' Dalensi told TAP. 'Substitute teachers have been living in uncertainty for several years because their situation has not been regularised,' she added. Dalensi said substitute teachers would stage a protest on May 16, if the Ministry of Education did not announce the recruitment of the first tranche of teachers. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse