By far the most important thing to take note of on the airwaves were the private school tuition hikes sanctioned by the Education Ministry. It was all a mixed bag from here on out.

Education Ministry raises cap on tuition fee hikes for private Arabic, language schools: The Education Ministry has decided to raise the cap imposed on tuition fee hikes for private Arabic and language schools to between 7% and 25%, up from last year’s cap of 7-11%, ministry spokesperson Ahmed Khairy said yesterday, according to Al Shorouk. Schools will be allowed a certain fee increase margin based on their tuition grades. The revision of the caps for Arabic and language schools is meant to allow to grow revenues.

This does not apply to international schools: Tuition fee increases for big international schools have been maintained at a maximum of 7% per annum, after being allowed to raise fees by up to 14% last year.

Having said that, the ministry sanctioned a 25-45% increase on international schools’ bus fees to offset higher costs incurred by the recent fuel price hikes, Khairy told Hona Al Asema (watch, runtime: 5:10).

DISCLAIMER: It is worth noting that some of these international schools do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Education Ministry, as some are parent/teacher associations and NGOs that fall under the purview of the Social Solidarity Ministry. It is unknown which schools the new regulations apply to.

Gov’t continues to battle “fake news”: Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center has picked up on and dispelled eight rumors over the past three days as part of the government’s battle against fake news, Cabinet Spokesman Ashraf Sultan told Masaa DMC. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi had said last month that rumors fueling discontent are the biggest threat to Egypt’s stability (watch, runtime: 3:57).

Commentary on El Sisi’s meeting with Yemen’s president: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s meeting yesterday with his Yemeni counterpart Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (which we recap in detail in Diplomacy + Foreign Trade, below) shows the importance of Egyptian-Yemeni relations to Red Sea security, former Egyptian ambassador to Yemen Ashraf Akl told Masaa DMC (watch, runtime: 3:31).

Security forces launched three separate raids on militant hideouts over the course of 48 hours to preempt any attacks, former assistant interior minister Mohamed Nour told Masaa DMC. The raids resulted in the death of six militants yesterday (watch, runtime: 3:49). The raids also got some airtime on Yahduth fi Masr (watch, runtime: 2:02).

A draft law in Tunisia that would grant equal inheritance rights to men and women took up some airtime on Hona Al Asema, with Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights Chair Nehad Aboul Komsan arguing that Sharia law already gives equal rights to both genders, and sometimes favors women over men. However, she ceded that it is up to each country to decide whether to create its own secular laws (watch, runtime: 5:35). House Rep. Amna Nosseir, meanwhile, completely rejected the idea of using anything other than the Quran to dictate inheritance laws (watch, runtime: 19:16).

Elsewhere last night, Masaa DMC’s Eman El Hosary discussed family-related legal cases with a panel of lawyers (watch, runtime: 3:20), while Assistant Supply Minister Ahmed Kamal gave Al Hayah fi Masr a rundown of preparations for Eid Al Adha (watch, runtime: 6:50).