Egypt Today The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced recording 702 new coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 302,327. “A total of 37 coronavirus-linked deaths were recorded over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 17,224 Nationwide”, the Ministry’s spokesman, Khaled Megahed, said …
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Egypt offers 90% tuition fee exemption to Sudanese undergraduates
Egypt Today The Egyptian Embassy in Khartoum announced that undergraduate and graduate Sudanese students in Egyptian public universities will be exempted from 90% of tuition fees. In a similar context, Nidaa Al-Sudan (Sudan’s Call) meetings fostered by Egypt were concluded on Monday. Its started in Ain Al-Sokhna on Saturday …
Read More »Egypt pursues student fraud cases committed by Ukrainian university
Ahram Online Egypt said it is pursuing, with “great concern”, the case of Egyptian students who were allegedly defrauded by a Ukrainian university. In an official statement, the Egyptian Emigration and Expatriates Affairs Minister Nabila Makram said that the students have filed complaints of “extensive fraud committed by education brokers …
Read More »Assiut University welcomes transferred Sudanese undergrads
Egyptianstreets Egypt’s Assiut University has opened its doors to Sudanese undergraduate students looking to finish their degrees amid the escalating political tensions, Middle East News Agency (MENA) reports. President of Assiut University Tarek El-Gammal stated that the decision comes in response to the inquiries made by many Sudanese students, …
Read More »Opera house offers 50% discount for students and special needs individuals
Egypt Independent Culture Minister Enas Abdel Dayem, in cooperation with the President of the Egyptian Opera House Magdy Saber, announced a 50 percent discount on ticket prices for students and people with special needs. The discount will be on tickets for all shows performed in Opera House affiliated theatres in …
Read More »Egypt’s healthcare going preventive by raising student awareness
Ahram Online Egypt’s Minister of Health Hala Zayed said an initiative for students’ health care is targeting the examination of around 1.1 million students in its first phase that will cover 9 governorates. Addressing a joint press conference with Minister of Education Tarek Shawqi, Zayed said the initiative aims at …
Read More »Rebuilding education in Egypt
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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