The EU is ready to provide support to help Egypt develop technical education, EU Vice President Margaritis Schinas told Education Minister Reda Hegazy in talks yesterday, the Education Ministry said.

REMEMBER- The Madbouly government has big plans for technical schools, planning to set up 400 new vocational schools. The schools’ coursework is being designed in accordance with what manufacturers need, in order to create a trained and skilled workforce.

More education cooperation on the horizon: Schinas expressed the EU’s interest in converting a number of schools into hospitality management schools and overhauling agriculture, trade, and tourism technical schools.

It could get easier for Egyptians to relocate to Europe: The EU could soon establish a center to help Egyptians develop their skills ahead of working in the EU, after Schinas proposed the move during his meeting with Emigration Minister Soha Gendy. Schinas said that the aim of his visit is to introduce a new system for bringing skilled and trained Egyptians into EU countries.

ALSO- More money from the EU to curb illegal immigration: Egypt will receive most of the EUR 110 mn recently earmarked by the EU for slowing illegal immigration, Schinas said in an interview with state news agency MENA yesterday. The EU last year handed Egypt’s coastguard a EUR 80 mngrantto clamp down on boats leaving its shores.

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