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The educational system in Egypt

                 It is a universally accepted fact that education is considered the most powerful instrument ,to eradicate poverty and provide socio-economic development,welfare of society. Unfortunately , Egypt educational system has a poor quality by comparison to many other countries. It is very obvious that Egypt education is still not as good and rewarding as it should be with all the financial,human,cultural and other resources that Egypt has.

 

 

          The educational system in Egypt faces several problems in both primary and higher education .Population growth is a big challenge to the Egyptian government. There are not enough school buildings to meet the increasing number of students. Classes are over-crowded, which hinders the learning process.Government budget allocated for schools to meet their basic needs, is relatively small. As a result, large number of schools are physically and structurally unfit to be used. Some structures are endangering the life of students due to their very poor conditions. Recently, it has been noticed that some schools do not have proper facilities to be used by students, they do not have enough laboratory equipments.In addition teachers are not properly trained. Hence, the quality of teaching is poor, a situation that concerns many parents.There is a huge increasing in private tutoring .Also the absence of a link between pre-university and university education is considered one of the most urgent problems which faces education in Egypt.

             According to what mentioned before, Egypt educational system needs cooperative efforts in order to reform it.Our education can be better by having a clear education policy that fulfills needed goals.Building more schools especially in rural areas to overcome the population growth problem.Curriculum must be reformed by making it more interesting and raise cooperation rather than competition.Also we must take into account the diversity of  human nature ,the creativity of students and their talents and needs.Students should be taught that learning and acquiring knowledge is something they have to do willingly on their own. Parents must be aware that they share a great deal in teaching their children. Schools can do a lot but they will never be enough.The government should give more attention to faculty members through training them .And universities should move towards having a bigger role in society.


             To sum up, It is a fact that in any society education is the most important investment for future development. Hence, it is very important for the Egyptian government, specially the Ministry of Education, to seriously re-evaluate its educational system.If a strong and comprehensive reform starts now to change the situation which Egypt educational system is in,real outcomes could be witnessed in a short period.Accordingly, any delay in starting the change will endanger the future of the current and next generations .