Cosmic Village’s fifth school officially in the works: The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (SFE) and educational services company Tanweer have signed a partnership agreement to build the fifth school in Sixth October City’s Cosmic Village, the Fund and the Madboulycabinet said yesterday. The school, which will follow French and Egyptian curricula, will open its doors in September 2025.

That’s a wrap for schools in the first phase of the Cosmic Village redevelopment, which consists of five schools and a sports club, cabinet said earlier this month.

Four schools up and running: Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly inaugurated the first four schools in the Cosmic Village earlier this month, which were developed under public-private partnerships between the SFE and private players in the education sector.

More PPPs underway: More partnerships with the private sector are in the cards as the education ministry and SFE want to build 100 schools nationwide.

The Cosmic Village? The village sits on a unused plot of state-owned real estate spanning 190 acres in Sixth October. In partnership with the private sector, the SFE plans to turn the village into an educational hub aimed at middle-income families. Some 1k students have already begun attending the four schools in the village, but the fund is targeting up to 8k students under the project’s first phase.

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