A new Ministry of Education statement requests schools not to separate pupils by gender unless they have obtained explicit permission to do so by the ministry.

The Warriors Affairs Commission (WAC) has signed an agreement with Malaysia's Open University to send 2,000 Libyans for technical and vocational training.

Libya’s interim government plans to invest €22.4m (LD37.4m) in educational projects in Malta, which includes setting up a vocational training centre on the island.

The new academic year in Libya began in early September, with schools having to cope with shortages of books, teachers and security issues.

Government plans to construct 170 new schools throughout Libya have been finalised, and are awaiting approval from the Ministry of Education.

The ministry has approved six schools to teach an international syllabus for the 2013-4 academic year.

The Ministry of Education has published school term dates for the coming academic year.

A recent government decision approves the creation of a new vocational training institute in Kabaw, in western Libya.

The government has approved a decision to issue student grant funding to the two universities.

In an apparent bid to ease tensions, Libya's parliament has approved a new law that aims to protect the cultural rights of the country's Amazigh, Tuareg and Tebu communities.

The Ministry of Higher Education plans to send more than a thousand Libyan students overseas to receive training in commercial aviation and aerospace engineering.

Higher education students in Libya will start receiving a monthly state grant of LD200 ($160), according to a new government decision.

Work is expected to start soon on repairing and maintaining more than 200 schools in the city.

The two parties intend to cooperate on improving basic education standards in Libya.

The Ministry of Higher Education says it plans to set up two new institutions in Benghazi and Zawiya.