The Algerian government has announced its intention to prioritize English over French in primary school, a move that has been widely praised within the country.

Amid mounting anger from labor unions and growing opposition from academics and political actors in Morocco, the government of Aziz Akhannouch pushed through a law reshaping higher education and scientific research.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is overhauling Palestinian education and cracking down on teachers amid a financial crisis, amid international pressure to align curricula with UNESCO standards.

In a twist laden with irony, Morocco’s former higher-education minister Abdellatif Miraoui has re-emerged not in government but at the lectern of a French university, only weeks after leaving office.

The Ministry of Higher Education in Iraq has increasingly fallen under sectarian control, with Iran-backed militias exerting significant influence over university curricula and staffing decisions.