The Ministry of Education and Higher Education issued a statement in which it indicated that, “In light of the data related to the reality of Hesarat Secondary School, and following a meeting held by Minister Rima Karami with the Department of Education and the directors of basic and secondary education, and in response to the demands of the people to maintain secondary education in their town, and to make room for settling the legal status of the secondary school, the Ministry of Education decided not to transfer all levels of secondary education in Hesarat to Jbeil Secondary School.” She added, "Accordingly, it was decided to transfer the students of the third year of secondary school in all its branches to Jbeil High School, because their numbers do not meet the legal requirement required to open classes, and to keep the students of the first and second years of secondary school in the Hisarat Middle School building, because they meet the number requirement specified by the law." She explained, “This decision came in implementation of the law and to reduce the burden of the operational cost, as this cost before this decision was more than $8,000 per student per year, if the operational cost of the building occupied by the high school and the cost of covering the expenses of teachers and employees are calculated.” She pointed out that the administrative and legal reality of Hissarat High School needs to be reconsidered and settled, explaining that “the high school was originally a branch of Jbeil High School, and there are problems related to the status of its license, and the director who was named at its founding by the Minister of Education at the time was recently referred to retirement.” The Ministry stressed what Minister Karami emphasized in her recent press conference regarding responsible governance, which requires reviewing any decision when facts and data prove that amending it better serves the interests of students, within respect for educational laws and standards and good management of public resources. The Ministry also confirmed that the doors of the Minister of Education and Higher Education are open to families and activists in all towns, without exception, for dialogue and to work together to settle the conditions of their schools and high schools, in a way that helps maintain and strengthen them within the applicable legal and educational conditions, and in a way that preserves the right of students to a qualitative and sustainable education.