57 new schools built in South Sinai in 4 years

CAIRO – 3 March 2018: South Sinai Governor General Khaled Fouda announced on Saturday the opening of new classes for general secondary schools and technical education in all schools of basic education in valleys and Bedouin communities.

Fouda said that 57 new schools were opened in South Sinai during the past four years, at a cost of LE 209 million ($11.85 million). Additionally, King Salman University, which is part of the King Salman Program for the Development of Sinai, will be open by next semester.

Residence houses were built for teachers, businessmen helped in funding students who cannot pay the school fees, public transportation buses are available to carry both teachers and students, and sessions were made to raise women’s awareness about the importance of education, according to Mohamed A’akl, undersecretary of the Ministry of Education in South Sinai.

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A local competition was announced to hire 500 new teachers for all subjects that weren’t available in the schools, and the new hired teachers were chosen before the 2017/2018 academic year, which helped to fill the great deficit in the governorate’s schools, especially the mountain valleys, A’akl added.

As part of the “Teachers First” national project to apply the standards of quality implemented by the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, under the auspices of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, 1,500 teachers were trained, A’akl mentioned.

He also confirmed the opening of an experimental plant to assemble solar panels at the Sinai Industrial School, during the experimental opening of a factory to assemble the LED lamps provided by Abu Zneima Industrial School. The project was inaugurated at the beginning of the 2017/2018 academic year. It aims to train the students to serve the local community.

President Sisi has launched a national initiative for all Egyptians to take part in developing Sinai.

On Sunday, in military uniform, President Sisi paid a visit to the Unified Command East of the Canal to Combat Terrorism, stressing, “The inauguration of the Unified Command East of the Canal to Combat Terrorism came in light of the comprehensive development of the armed forces’ capabilities, enabling them to effectively play their role in countering terrorism,” Presidential Spokesperson Bassam Radi stated.

Sisi calls on all Egyptians to take part in developing Sinai

CAIRO - 27 February 2018: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has launched a national initiative to all Egyptians to take part in developing Sinai.

The military operations in Sinai paved the way for large-scale development in the Sinai Peninsula. President Sisi affirmed that the comprehensive development for Sinai started in 2014 and will last until 2022, with a cost estimated at LE 275 billion ($15.5 billion), Radi continued, noting that Sisi has called on Egyptian businessmen to invest in Sinai, as the area is Egypt’s primary security issue.

The "Sinai 2018" security operation was an outcome of military endeavors and investigations that have been ongoing since 2013, Radi stressed in televised statements on Friday.

Additional Reporting Rehab Ismail