Technical Education
The president said strict measures would be necessary in order to ensure fairness among students and preserve the credibility and quality of educational outcomes.
The education minister outlined the ministry’s efforts to introduce modern technology into school curricula, including teaching programming and AI in cooperation with Japan, one of the world’s leading countries in this field.
The Cabinet on Wednesday approved authorizing the Ministry of Education and Technical Education to contract with the Japanese company Sprix to implement the move.
During his address at the inauguration of the Al-Suwaidi University of Technology, he highlighted that all technical schools under private sector operation and management have emerged as exemplary models of success.
The South Sudanese minister expressed aspiration that the two states would join forces to introduce similar schools in other provinces.
Billions of pounds have been allocated to that purpose.
As for technology universities, three have already been finished.
A recent study shed the light on technical education in Egypt, stressing that the previous decades witnessed a large gap between education and the labor market, and listed that among the reasons that led to this was the failure to involve specialists in agriculture, industry, trade and technology in formulating the goals and outcomes of technical education.
The "Technical Education Development Strategy" submitted by the Ministry of Education to the House of Representatives included some figures on applied technology schools and targets for 2030.
Those are located in Cairo, Giza, Qalyoubeya, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, and three other governorates in Upper Egypt.
The exams of high school senior-year students (Thanaweya Amma) will not be held before July, and will be electronic.
That was in a meeting with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and Minister of Education and Technical Education Tarek Shawky.
Zein gave directives to Chairman of the Specialized Nile Channels Osama el Bahnasi to launch the channel as soon as possible.
The agreement includes the establishment of centers of competence specializing in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency in applied technology schools in Hurghada and Aswan.
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education plans to introduce 10 applied technology schools annually.
New disciplines were introduced in USAID training program, where students get trained in logistics, renewable energy, and agriculture fields.
The aim of the MoU is to implement Huawei’s training programs within Elsewedy Technical Academy (STA) in Egypt.
The protocol aims at promoting discipline among students and boosting their sense of belonging.
How Egypt’s vocational training programs are evolving.
The goal is to train professional technical workers, and provide technical education for students.
