Egypt Today The Egyptian Beni Suef University and Libya’s University of Benghazi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the field of education and scientific research. President of Beni Suef University Mansour Hassan and President of University of Benghazi Kamel Ali signed on Sunday the MoU, which …
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Mai Samih learns how to communicate with children through play, from a recent lecture by play psychology expert Esraa Farag Mai Samih – Al-Ahram Weekly Children tend not to complain or speak their minds like adults. Instead, they express themselves through playing. This means that parents can both understand and …
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This year has been designated as the Year of Education in Egypt, with the reform of the country’s education system being identified as a top priority, writes *Hussein Hassouna Hussein Hassouna Egypt is currently undertaking a major reform of its education system. By declaring the year 2019 to …
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The Ministry of Education introduces minor changes to the new education system, reports Reem Leila Reem Leila – Al-Ahram Weekly Minister of Education Tarek Shawki has issued decrees amending the examination schedule for all students to avoid Coptic feasts, reducing future exam times for grade 10 students from two to …
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Millions of children in the Arab world are being left behind in education, with experts concurring that a major push is now necessary to make good on the region’s deficit of learning, writes Amina Khairy Amina Khairy When it comes to education in the Arab world, more is never …
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Egypt Independent The Egyptian government is seeking to establish an endowment fund for the development of education, with a capital of £E 200 million, and the contribution of the Endowments Ministry, the National Investment Bank, and other banks, Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform Hala al-Saeed said on Thursday. …
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The Ministry of Education is closing centres offering private tuition, writes Ahmed Morsy Ahmed Morsy – Al-Ahram Weekly “Educational directorates have been instructed to close all unlicensed private tutoring centres,” announced Ahmed Saber, media spokesperson for the Ministry of Education. The campaign is being carried out by the Education Ministry …
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Egypt Independent A child is born every 15 seconds in Egypt, and the number of population increases by two million annually – which is equal to the population of a whole state – according to Amr Hassan, Rapporteur of the Population Council. Hassan stressed the importance of state efforts …
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The new academic year saw the implementation of a new vision of the education system in Egypt, writes Nehal Al-Ashkar Nehal Al-Ashkar – Al-Ahram Weekly Egypt’s education system is similar to a piece of ancient architecture that requires constant change and rebuilding. However, today that rebuilding has taken on a …
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President Al-Sisi is on a four-day official visit to Berlin that started Sunday where he met with Chancellor Merkel and a German officials to discuss strengthening relations and boosting cooperation Ahram Online Egyptian officials signed on Tuesday a number of Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with German officials to boost …
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