New national education plan to give thanaweya amma the boot as of 2018-19

Thanaweya amma to be replaced by new system starting 2018-19: The traditional thanaweya amma high school system will be replaced by a new secondary education regime as of the 2018-19 academic year, Education Minister Tarek Shawki announced on Tuesday, Ahram Online reports. The new education system will part from traditional exams and scoring systems with a new GPA-based framework based on coursework and electronically-graded multiple choice exams. The curriculum is also getting a facelift and will reduce the importance of rote memorization, AMAY says. The ministry is also reforming primary education and will no longer be awarding primary-level education certificates to students after the sixth grade.