Your top education stories of the week:

  • PPP: The Education Ministry yesterday launched the second phase of the public-private partnership program, which will see private sector firms collaborate with the government to build 98 language schools.
  • New school year: The 2020-2021 school year kicked off for K-12 students at state schools and students in public universities on Saturday.
  • New education platform: The Education Ministry yesterday launched an integrated electronic platform providing access to a range of educational services to coincide with the start of the new school year.
  • ElSewedy Assiut project: ElSewedy Education has been allocated a 50-feddan land plot in Assiut by the New Urban Communities Authority for an education project.
  • More non-profit universities: President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has directed officials to increase the number of state-run non-profit universities and colleges planned under a government program to 15 nationwide.