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Ministry of Education
(MOE)

UNEVOC Centre (Ministry) since 2011

The Ministry of Education & Higher Education is responsible for overseeing and developing both of the Palestinian general and higher education sectors, and seeks to provide enrollment opportunities for all those who are of school age, as well as improving teaching and learning quality and diversity, in line with the contemporary trends in the world. Moreover, the MoEHE is working hard on developing human resources in the education sector in order to create well-qualified Palestinian citizens, capable of performing duties efficiently and effectively.

Since taking over the education sector, the MoEHE has initiated many development strategies in collaboration with national and international partners and exerted great efforts to advance and enhance the educational process. Despite the difficult political situation and lack of regional support, the MoEHE has shouldered a great burden by inheriting a heavy legacy with a semi-collapsed educational structure left over by the Israeli government that was responsible for Palestinian education before 1994. Nevertheless, the Ministry took upon itself to succeed, and started a wide - sector reform plan to reshape the whole educational system, and put it in the right track. .

Mission

To prepare human beings who are proud of their religious values, national identity, country, and their Palestinian, Arab and Islamic culture; who contribute to the development of their society; who think critically and actively seek knowledge, innovation and creativity; who interact positively with the requirements of scientific and technological development and are capable to compete; who are open to other cultures and regional and international markets; who are capable of building a society based on equality between males and females and upholding human values and religious tolerance; and build up an education system which is accessible, diversified, multiple, flexible, effective, efficient, sustainable, responsive to local needs and qualitative.

Objectives

- Enhancing and upgrading the TVET system in Palestine

- Enabling the Ministry to facilitate, collaborate, interact, network,exchange experiences and participate in international events

- Benefiting from the international channels and services that can be obtained from the Network centres

Regular tasks

Follow and supervise the education system in Palestine in terms of guarantee the sustainability of the sector and continue the development and improvement of the education processes. Follow the preparation and alignment of the strategic plan with the national policy agenda, in addition to the perpetration and following up the implementation of the annual development plans. That aims at developing the existing infrastructure, building the teachers capacities, developing the curriculum, ect. The Ministry on the other hand is responsible about the preparation of education policies that aims at developing the whole sector.

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