Education, higher education ministers take part in EWF in London

CAIRO - 21 January 2018: Minister of Education Tarek Shawqi and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khaled Abdel Ghafar left on Sunday for London to take part in the Education World Forum (EWF), held in London on January 21-24.

Shawqi is scheduled to deliver an address at the forum.

Head of Parliament Education Committee Khaled Sheha and Parliament Undersecretary Hani Abaza are accompanying the two ministers.

The event is supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Department for Education (DfE), the Department for International Trade (DIT), the Department for International Development (DfID), the British Council and the EWF industry partners.

The Forum offers three days of insight and inspiration from leading education pioneers, policy makers and education experts, with many of the sessions given by some 100 education ministers themselves as part of an honest assessment of countries’ common issues and challenges.