Egypt’s National Dialogue discusses pre-university education system, demographic issues

CAIRO – 25 May 2023: The Educational Committee of the National Dialogue will discuss on Thursday the pre-university education system.

The committee will hold this discussion in two sessions. The first session will kick off at 11:00 a.m., while the second will convene at 3:00 p.m.

In parallel, the Committee for Population at the National  Dialogue will hold two sessions on demographic analysis and ways of improving the demographics. The two sessions will convene at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

The official National Dialogue page on Facebook called on citizens to share their opinions and answers to a set of questions, to be submitted to the dialogue management and session officials to be discussed and included in the sessions' recommendations.

The questions included citizens' vision of the highest priorities regarding the development of the educational process.

“We share everything in order to reach the best solutions, because the country needs every opinion and vision. We will be pleased if you shared your opinions and answers to these questions, to be submitted to the dialogue management and the officials of the sessions to be discussed and included in the recommendations of the sessions." The National Dialogue page stated.

Tuesday, was the fifth day of the National Dialogue, of which included four sessions, held under the theme “Reasons Behind Decline of Industrial Contribution in GDP,” while the others had as topic "Analysis of Investment Climate between Reality, Opportunities, and Challenges."

The moderator of one of the sessions said that the share of the manufacturing sector in the GDP dropped to 16 percent, which is quite low, as the percentage in modern states must be at least 3 percent.

Member of Homeland Guardians Party Ahmed Bahaa El Din Shalaby said that the emphasis now is mostly on the availability and procurement of raw materials necessary for different industries.

Participant in National Dialogue session on manufacturing stressed the necessity of offering lands for mining as that would help with extracting raw material needed in many industries reducing imports of such goods