The Ministry of Education and the Personnel Bureau announced, on Sunday evening, the completion of the process of recruiting new teachers in all governorates of the country, which would provide the educational process with qualified teaching staff as quickly as possible, as applications for candidacy for educational, professional and support positions have been received. The number of applications submitted is 48,476, of which 45,573 were accepted.

In a statement, the ministry confirmed that, in cooperation with the General Personnel Council, the recruitment exam for the year 2023 will be held on 4/8/2023.

Accepted applications were distributed to the Directorates of Education as follows: Jericho 1044 applications, Hebron 3768 applications, Bethlehem 2719 applications, Birzeit 1197 applications, South Hebron 3373 applications, South Nablus 2360 applications, Jenin 4401 applications, Ramallah 3571 applications, and Salfit 1834 applications. North Hebron 2727 applications, the suburbs of Jerusalem 1381 applications, Tubas 1493 applications, Tulkarem 3424 applications, Qabatiya 2609 applications, Qalqilya 2010 applications, Nablus 5182 applications, and Yatta 2480 applications.

The Ministry of Education stated that the new recruitment process comes as part of the Ministry's measures to end the current school year, in response to the calls of the Students' Parents Council, national bodies and institutions, and civil society to save the school year, which is at risk due to the continuing teachers' strike.

The Personnel Council stated that exceptional measures will be taken to speed up the recruitment process.