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). More...