Egypt allocates LE 7.2B investments to pre-university education

Cairo – 18 November 2017: Egypt directed LE 7.2 billion ($40 million) in investments to develop the pre-university education sector, Minister of Planning Hala el-Saeed said Saturday.

The investments will be directed towards various purposes such as building and developing schools, increasing the number of the Egyptian Nile schools and developing sports and training camps, the minister added.

The plan also includes the establishment of 17 science centers in order to raise scientific awareness among children and youths.

Saeed has further referred to Egypt’s plan to expand the educational buildings, which includes setting up 1,550 new classrooms, 500 of them are for poor regions, and appointing 3,000 teachers in different fields.

Egypt has the largest overall education system in Africa and it has grown rapidly since the early 1990s. The Ministry of Education is tackling a number of issues, including moving from a highly centralized system to offering more autonomy to individual institutions, thereby increasing accountability.

Although significant progress has been made to increase human capital base through improved education system, the quality of education experience is low and unequally distributed. Egypt also has a shortage of skilled workforce.