The Senate has approved a bill setting up a new authority to accredit institutions offering technical learning and training programs, Al Shorouk reports. The bill, which will now be passed back to the House for a final vote, would set up a national body responsible for accrediting vocational schools. Institutions will have five years to meet new quality standards and obtain accreditation once it is up and running.

Go deeper: We ran an in-depth piece asking private sector vocational school operators whether the new bill could help promote an effective vocational schools system in Egypt in a recent issue of Blackboard.