Cairo: SiltaNews – News Desk
Shiraz Shakira, Head of Education at UNICEF, stated that they are confident the education system is on a very positive trajectory in Egypt. She described this as a unique moment in Egypt, where reforms are receiving strong support from school principals and teachers.
She added that student attendance in schools across Egypt has risen from 15% to 87%, a significant achievement. This increase has resulted in students mastering the fundamentals of learning, which will help them acquire future skills. This came during the conference “Forecasting the Future of Education in Egypt: Presenting the Results of Education Reform in Egypt: Evidence, Progress, and Future Vision.”
The conference was attended by Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Education Mohamed Abdel Latif, a number of ministers, university presidents, representatives of international organizations such as the United Nations, UNICEF, UNESCO, and the World Bank, local and international media, heads of boards of directors and editors of national newspapers, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and education experts from Egypt and around the world.