Education in Lebanon

Education in Lebanon is regulated by the ministry of education and higher education, it’s the process to build the future and it has the main tool for developing mankind. Arabic is the main language, initial foreign language, and English or French considered as a second foreign language taught from early years in school depending on the region (Most of the Christian schools use French as a second language). Education in Lebanon is divided into technical and vocational education and academic education that is divided into public and private sectors. As some of the other countries, the right to education is included also in Lebanon, freedom to education, public education is available to all and care for learners with special needs. Both public and private sectors teach the same curriculum, and there is a close cooperation between them both until reaching a partnership. According to the Lebanese banking accounts at BankMed, the total expenditure on education on the two sectors are approximately 2.42 million USD, where the private spending is more than the public one by far. Public sending depends on the external donation, and it is low when we compare the expenditure to other Arab countries like Bahrain, Egypt and Kuwait.