BA organizes hieroglyphics training courses for teachers of Egypt’s primary schools

CAIRO – 12 April 2021: Within the framework of the cooperation between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina represented by the Calligraphy Studies Center and the Directorate of Education in Alexandria represented by the General Administration of General Education - Development of School Resources, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized training courses to teach hieroglyphs for teachers of social studies for the fourth grade of primary school.

The courses aim to provide primary school social studies teachers with knowledge of the ancient Egyptian language and acquaint them with the latest scientific theories that contribute to supporting the educational process to raise the intellectual level of students.

This also comes in activation to and in line with Egypt's 2030 vision of pre-university education, which was established to nurture the gifted to provide them with higher education in the fields of advanced knowledge and skills.

It is worth noting that the Calligraphy Studies Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina has issued the book "Words from Life in Ancient Egypt - Hieroglyphics for Children" in Arabic and English. The book is suitable for the age group from 9 to 14 years.

In the same context, the Calligraphy Studies Center continues to offer courses for teaching the ancient Egyptian language in its various scripts: Hieroglyphs, hieratic, and demotic, from 2006 until now.