Will the Education Ministry's focus on student behavior resolve the issues?
As it grapples with security issues and economic crises, Egypt faces another annual obstacle: how to combat organized cheating on high school thanaweya amma exams. As the final examination marathon began…
The state-funded Egyptian Knowledge Bank project will provide free access to net-based research resources that normally charge hefty subscription fees, officials announced Saturday. Many educators cheered the news, though some fear…
Rowan El Shimi sits with Mohamed Elshahed to look back on the first five years of Cairobserver and talk universities, urbanism and funding.
The Egyptian government and civil society organizations are holding several events and workshops on April 2, which is World Autism Awareness Day, and…
Egypt’s new education minister, Tarek Shawki, has been hailed as the answer to Egypt’s ailing educational system
Familiar stories of overcrowded classes, rickety school buildings and dead and injured students have emerged since the start of the new academic…
A new bill has been proposed that would establish a General Authority to Support and Fund Educational Projects, the privately owned newspaper…
Controversy has risen over the details of Egypt’s new seven-axis education strategy, which was released on Tuesday following a five-hour meeting between…
In a five-hour meeting held in Ettehadiya Presidential Palace on Saturday, Education Minister Mahmoud Aboul Nasr discussed with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi…
«At the World Social Science Forum in September 2015 in Durban, South Africa, many presentations offered a grim perspective on the state of poverty and inequality…»
«Egypt's policy making is suffering from major dissonance. In spite of repeated statements by policy makers that emphasize the importance of education, there is a significant…»
«There is much to be said about the current security crisis in Egyptian universities. There is, first, the matter of students getting shot and killed on…»
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