First Japanese-style school to open to students in October

The first five of 100 new Japanese-style schools that will be built in Egypt will open to students by October, an Education Ministry spokesperson tells Ahram Online. The schools, which are being established under an MoU with Japan, will teach Egypt’s national curriculum using the Japanese Tokkatsu educational framework to students in kindergarten through to the third grade. Registration for the new schools will open for five days beginning 26 September, he adds. Japan had pledged USD 170 mn in loans to help Egypt build facilities to implement Japanese-style education.