EDUCATION IN EGYPT

EDUCATION IN EGYPT

It is divided into two stages: Pre-higher education (School education) and Higher education.

The school education system is divided into three stages:

Kindergarten (2 years). However it is not necessary to start the second stage

Basic education (9 years), it consists in 6 years of Primary school and 3 years in Preparatory school

Secondary Education (3 or 5 years)

School year is divided into 2 semesters, at the end of each semester; students take an exam or a test. The grades are points in ranges to 200 to 380. Students are able to advance to next course if they get 50% or more points.

Good students with higher grades can apply to "General" Secondary school. The students with lower grades can apply to technical schools; in Egypt there are three types of these (industrial, commercial or agricultural).

Schools in Egypt 

It can be Governmental schools or Private schools

• Governmental schools

   1. Arabic schools: It is a free school

  2. Experimental language school: In these type of schools, there are two classes in English, first Science and second Mathematics. In these schools, the students required higher grades.

•  Private schools

1. Ordinary schools: It is like as Arabic schools by it is manage by private    management, sometimes in these types of schools, children learn English.

    2. Language schools: There are a lot of topics in English.

  3. Religious schools: These are Islamic or Catholic schools.

   4. International schools: In these schools usually use another country’s curriculum,  like British or German system.

Higher education system

After schools, some students go to universities or institutions

•  Universities in Egypt

There are 19 public (state-funded) universities. The Egyptians pays only the registration, but foreign people pays full fees. An important and a recognized public university is Al Azhar University, considered by most Sunni Muslims to be the most prestigious school. It is the second oldest university in the world with uninterrupted operation.

Besides, there are 20 private universities where students pay tuition fees. Generally private universities are having less reputation than public universities but still some of them like American University in Cairo (AUC) or German University in Cairo (GUC), with high reputation.

•  Institutions: There are about 51 public and 109 private institutions in Egypt