Ministry of Education is expected to terminate 450 employees, while the Ministry of Health is expected to terminate 300 before end of this year, local media reported.

The report added that the MoE has already started making its list including English, Computer and Literature teachers and administrative staff members, starting with the eldest. “The list will also include supervisors, namely in subjects where expats can be replaced by citizens,” the report added.

MoH layoffs will include administrative staff members and the eldest doctors and nursing staff members. The sources said employees to be laid off will be notified before the end of the year.