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Conflict Incident Report

Parents protest increase in school tuition, as school promotes dialogue

Date of incident: 
December 20, 2017
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

A committee of school children’s parents held a sit-in to protest tuition increases in front of Notre Dame School in Kesrouan’s Zouk Mosbeh, according to local media reports.

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Conflicts of socio-economic development
Conflicts associated with lack of, or gaps in economic development, opportunities and access to resources.