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Al-Ahram Weekly
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Al-Ahram Weekly
Culture ministry issues 50% student discount for museums, theatres - Society
The Ministry of Culture has introduced a 50 percent discount card for students to boost engagement with national museums, art institutions, theatres, the National Circus, and innovation centres. Culture Minister Ahmed Fouad Hanno said the initiative is part of broader efforts to expand cultural access and encourage school and university students to engage with the arts. He noted that the programme seeks to deepen students' aesthetic and intellectual awareness while strengthening their connection to Egyptian national identity. The 'Welcome Students' card will be rolled out in coordination with the Ministries of Education, Higher Education, and Scientific Research. Hanno described the card as the first step in a larger plan to integrate students into Egypt's cultural life, offering them meaningful exposure to artistic experiences and supporting young talent. He also praised the collaboration between educational and cultural bodies in making the initiative possible. Follow us on: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp Short link:
See - Sada Elbalad
19-02-2025
- Business
- See - Sada Elbalad
Al-Mashat: EGP 71.4 billion allocated to education, technical education, and scientific research in the 2024/2025 development plan
Basant Ahmed H.E. Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, participated in the opening of the '4th International Fair and Forum for Technical and Vocational Education and Dual System and Training", themed 'Technological and Technical Education: Opportunities and Challenges." The event included representatives from the Ministries of Education, Technical Education, Labor, the European Union, the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, and other relevant stakeholders. In her speech, Al-Mashat expressed her pleasure in participating in this event, which provides an important platform for constructive dialogue among those concerned with technological and vocational education and training in Egypt. This dialogue aims to build effective partnerships in this field, positively impacting the future of work in Egypt. The Minister emphasized that developing the technical education and vocational training system is a top priority for the Egyptian government. It has been highlighted as a strategic goal in the government's program, aiming to provide better education that contributes to securing future jobs by upgrading the technical education system, which is one of the main tools for achieving comprehensive and sustainable development. Al-Mashat pointed out that this aligns with Egypt's development vision, as outlined in the Sustainable Development Strategy: Egypt Vision 2030. This strategy aims to develop an integrated system of technical education and vocational training, recognizing the importance of this sector in equipping a large number of young people with the skills and capabilities required to meet labor market needs and the skills necessary for the digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. She added that the government, in collaboration with the World Bank, is working on developing a new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) strategy for Egypt for the period 2025-2030, in line with the country's priorities. This strategy aims to attract investments based on new sources of knowledge-intensive capital, technology, skills, and market access, which will increase the competitiveness and diversification of the economy, enhance innovation and technology, develop the country's human capital, and generate high-quality jobs for its citizens. Al-Mashat noted that the strategy's formulation has focused on enhancing skills training programs and ensuring that skill development aligns with private sector needs, which is a key factor for foreign investors in various sectors. She highlighted that the Egyptian government is implementing these priorities by expanding the establishment of applied technology schools across different governorates, upgrading technical education and vocational training schools, and continuing to build partnerships with the private sector to train students in factories. In addition, cooperation with bilateral and multilateral development partners is expanding to enhance vocational education in Egypt through cooperation programs that provide technical and technological support. She also mentioned that the Ministry of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation is intensifying public investments directed toward the education sector, which is a priority in the efforts to achieve human development. This includes providing the necessary support and investments for all stages of education, as well as technical education, which plays a crucial role in developing human capital and meeting labor market needs. Al-Mashat emphasized that the total investments allocated to higher education, scientific research, education, and technical education in the 2024/2025 fiscal year plan amount to approximately EGP 71.4 billion. In this context, the Minister confirmed that the expansion of applied technology schools and the ongoing development of technological universities are a priority, with plans to increase the number of technological universities to 12 next year, up from the current 9. This is part of the broader goal of achieving full coverage of public and technological universities over the coming years. Additionally, the Minister highlighted the cooperation portfolio with international development partners, which includes numerous projects in the education sector. The total concessional development financing directed toward the education sector has exceeded $3.8 billion, funding more than 39 development projects. These projects include initiatives to enhance children's learning capacities, improve teacher capabilities and curricula, and establish schools of excellence in science and technology, as well as projects focused on technical and vocational education and training.
Iraqi News
27-01-2025
- Politics
- Iraqi News
Al-Araji: The state's top national security interest is the psychological and educational counseling system
National Security Advisor Qassim al-Araji stressed on Monday the importance of activating the psychological and educational counseling system in the education and higher education sector in Iraq to protect generations and protect them from the dangers of wrong behaviors and negative phenomena. Al-Araji said in a speech during the first national conference for psychological and educational counseling, which was held in Baghdad under the auspices and supervision of the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, and in cooperation and coordination between the National Security Advisory and the Ministries of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research with the support of the United Nations Development Program, and attended by the reporter of the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The National Security Advisory, was interested in supporting and activating the psychological and educational counseling system in the education and higher education sector in Iraq because it is a supreme national security interest for the state and society and a necessary requirement to protect generations and protect them from the dangers of wrong behaviors and negative phenomena." He added that "the National Security Advisory, with the formation of the current government, prepared a scientific methodology and strategic planning through meetings, training programs, recommendations, field visits, evaluations, careful follow-up, high coordination and national conferences, as this great work was done through high coordination and institutional partnership with the ministries of education and higher education." He added that "the presence of the National Security Advisory in this file is to coordinate between the two ministries and secure what we can of support for them and follow up the strategic psychological cell to achieve all the goals in a psychologically healthy and sound school environment and a university campus dominated by noble educational values and scientific sobriety," stressing that "work can only succeed or achieve its goals through real cooperation between the ministries of education and higher education and seriously." He pointed out that "there are many important issues that we must pay attention to, as the Endowment Offices can benefit from the free million-man gatherings during huge religious events with guidance, advice and guidance on the scourge of drugs, which is no less dangerous than terrorism that kills the family and society, as well as on rationalizing the consumption of electrical energy, as well as how to deal with the source of life (water)."
