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No more police on Egypt’s university campuses
The high court in Egypt has ordered the government to abolish police units at university campuses. The case was brought against the government by a group of professors. Rights groups have long criticised the presence of police on campuses, saying its sole purpose was to prevent students from engaging in politics. The court ruling is final, but... »
Sex education banned in Egypt’s schools
The Egyptian government has decided to scrap all content in the secondary school curriculum relating to sex education, reproductive health and sexually transmitted diseases. Biology students in the 16-17 age range will no longer study anything pertaining to reproductive health. Students aged 13-14 will see their science book lightened by a few pages with the... »
Egypt’s school teachers form second independent union
The new syndicate’s founders claim to have attracted 5000 of Egypt’s roughly one million teachers. The by-laws of the new syndicate demand a minimum wage of LE1200, the improvement of working conditions in public schools and the amendment of Egypt’s education law. The establishment of the new union represents the latest episode of a teachers’... »
Population Growth vs. Literacy
One in every four Egyptians is illiterate. Despite free education and long- running literacy programs, the number of illiterates has changed little in over two decades. Nearly 17 million adult Egyptians can neither read nor write, according to recent government data. Egypt’s population of 80 million is growing at 1.76 percent a year. The strongest... »
Egypt: Millions of children still living in poverty
Image via Wikipedia A study looking at the impact of poverty on children in Egypt reveals that while significant progress has been made, vulnerable children continue to face serious deprivations. The study – Child Poverty and Disparities in Egypt: Building the social infrastructure for Egypt’s future – is the first such study in the country that... »
Study reveals Egypt losing its brightest young minds
Image by D’Arcy Vallance via Flickr According to a recent study by the Earth Centre for Studies almost half a million (460,000) Egyptians have successfully entered Europe illegally in the last decade, and 90,000 live in Italy alone. Another study into attitudes towards migration by the Arabic Labour Organisation is equally revealing. It found that 50% of... »
Children's Studio summer classes at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Image via Wikipedia “Egyptomania” will give children ages 5-6 the opportunity to learn about ancient Egyptian culture. Each day will be dedicated to a particular subject of ancient Egypt and Liles will show children how to make something related to that subject. One day they will talk about tombs and make canopic jars and another day... »
Harrisburg School District to partner with school in Egypt this fall
Harrisburg School District announced plans to partner with a school in Cairo, Egypt, for an online learning pilot program this fall. The program, called Connected Learning Communities, will partner with the Dr. Nermien American International School to provide a global education program. The pilot program will include 25 students from SciTech High School, 500 students... »
Summer Day Camp at Pennsylvania Museum
Image by eTombotron via Flickr For the summer of 2009, adventurous children ages 7 through 13 can experience a day camp that takes them through time and across continents – at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology on Penn’s campus in Philadelphia. “Anthropologists in the Making,” organized by the Education Department of the... »
Egyptian Professor honored by international landscape architecture organization
The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture has awarded Clemson University professor Hala Nassar a 2008 Award of Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service to the Profession. Nassar received the only award in this category at the association’s annual conference in Tucson, Ariz., in January. The award applauded Nassar’s teaching efforts in establishing... »
