Ministry ratifies first law on education

The Palestinian education ministry recently announced the ratification of their first law on education to bring significant changes to the educational and academic process in the Palestinian territories, writes Ahmad Melhem for Al-Monitor.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ratified the first Palestinian Law for Education and Higher Education on 6 April, after the cabinet submitted it on 7 March to replace the applicable Arab laws in the Palestinian territories (the Jordanian law in the West Bank and the Egyptian law in the Gaza Strip).

Minister of Education and Higher Education Sabri Saidam told Al-Monitor that the education ministry capitalised on the laws and experience of several international donors such as Ireland, Germany and Norway before drafting the law. The aim was to include the necessary notions and concepts to build an education process based on entrenching and developing knowledge, instead of opting for conventional education based on indoctrination. The new education system will be offered in Gaza and the West Bank.
Full report on the Al-Monitor site