Sisi orders full preparations for new academic year

CAIRO - 11 July 2019: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called on Thursday for full preparations for the new academic year.

Sisi, during his meeting with Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli and the higher education minister, underlined the importance that university curricula would cope up with requirements of modern age.

The meeting comes as part of State's efforts to develop higher education mechanism and upgrade academic level of universities and institutes, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said.

Talks covered progress in carrying out under-construction national projects in the educational system and efforts to set up new government and international universities.