Education in Palestine is based on the Academic Secondary Education.This is a two-stream education (literary and scientific streams) that consists of the first and the second secondary grades. Upon completing the ninth year of education, a student of Palestine must choose which stream he or she will complete. The scientific stream is based on the sciences and focuses heavily on the math and science courses while the literary stream is based heavily on the liberal arts. Once completing the required twelve years of schooling, the student in Palestine is required to take the Tawjihi/ Matriculation examination, a comprehensive test based on all twelve years.Once the student passes that exam, he or she can choose to enroll in a University or College in the area to continue their education.

Some basic facts about education in Palestine:

The Grading System of Palestinian School Systems

Universities of Palestine:

Colleges of Palestine: