Who’s paying for Egypt’s education reform program? In light of the state’s clear policy direction to reform Egypt’s education program, the most important question to ask now is how these reforms will be financed, Soliman Gouda writes for Al Masry Al Youm. Gouda points to the example of former Moroccan Education Minister Rachid Belmokhtar, who was also faced with the daunting task of reforming his country’s education system and ultimately resorted to placing the cost burden on students and their families because he recognized that providing education without charge is simply not a sustainable model.

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