By-law to prevent over 5% hike in private school tuition

AMMAN — The Cabinet on Wednesday endorsed the validating reasons for the by-law regulating private and foreign education institutions to be sent to the Legislation and Opinion Bureau for review, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Under the new regulations, private education institutions cannot raise tuition fees during the scholastic year, and they cannot increase them by more than 5 per cent unless approved by the ministry.