Licensing the Educational Services Offices
   (Issued according to the Ministerial Decision of 25/7/1997)

• Article 1: Any natural person or corporate entity is not allowed to provide any kind of educational works and services for students in educational institutions abroad unless they have a licensed offices approved by the Ministry of Education according to the requirements mentioned in the following articles.
  
  
• Article 2: Licensing application form for establishing an educational services office for students abroad should be submitted to the Directorate of Cultural Affairs and Scholarships at the Ministry.
  
  
• Article 3: The Directorate of Cultural Affairs and Scholarships review the licensing application to ensure its conformation with the requirements in this matter.
  
  
• Article 4: The Directorate of Cultural Affairs and Scholarships notifies the applicant of accepting or rejecting his application by a registered letter within thirty days from the date of the application. Acceptance is not considered as a license for establishing such office.
  
  
• Article 5:
  The applicant should:
1. Prepare a furnished office with equipment and toilets. It should notify the Directorate of
2. Cultural Affairs and Scholarships for inspection and ensure its suitability to practice such activity.
3. The office should be independent and not practicing any other work or activity.
4. The owner should pay the fees and present a bank bail as mentioned in the decree no. 1    of 1997.
5. A list of staff should be presented showing their names, age, sex, nationality and the jobs     they have been practice last five years. Copies of the contracts should be attached.
   
   
• Article 6:
  The office get from the student the following:
  1. Registration fees as determined by the educational institution where the student would enter.
  2. Agreed remuneration for the services provided by the office.
  3. Textbooks cost after their approval by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs and Scholarships
     
     
• Article 7:
  The office has to prepare the following:
  1. Regulations that organize the relationship between the students with the office, stating the    remuneration paid to the office for the services it provides. The regulations should be set pin an obvious place.
  2. The agreement between the office and the student or the parent that define this p relationship.
  3. A list of the educational institutions that the office deals with approved by the Ministry.
     
     
• Article 8: The office is not allowed to publish any advertisement about any educational institution accept those approved by the Ministry unless it gets a written acceptance from the Directorate of Cultural affairs and Scholarships.
  
  
• Article 9: The official office site is the one that has an address for all correspondence.