Education in Lebanon

Education In The Middle East
BAHRAIN, 2015/05/03 Despite a significant improvement in formal education in the Middle East during the past few decades, the gap between education and employment is still widening. Governments across the MENA region have invested heavily in education, and the past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of primary, secondary and tertiary education. Yet, the results have been more or less disappointing. Schools and universities are turning out graduates lacking the skills they need to succeed in job markets, and the job market itself is hamstrung by economic mismanagement. The result: high levels of education with mass unemployment.
Education, economy and other woes in Lebanon
LEBANON, 2014/08/21 The new development in a battle gripping Lebanon’s education sector took place on Saturday as Education Minister Elias Bou Saab decided to give passing grades to all students who took the official exams. “[I decided] to give those who took the exams a certificate that would allow their entry into colleges,” Bou Saab said about his actions, the initial time such a measure has been resorted to since the Lebanese Civil War ended in 1990. The education sector in Lebanon has been embroiled by protests from the Union Coordination Committee (UCC), led by Hanna Gharib, who request certain benefits be granted to public and private school teachers inclunding other public sector works.

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