{"id":570397,"date":"2020-03-30T04:10:58","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T04:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/03\/30\/your-top-education-stories-of-the-week-6\/"},"modified":"2020-03-30T04:10:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T04:10:58","slug":"your-top-education-stories-of-the-week-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/03\/30\/your-top-education-stories-of-the-week-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Your top education stories of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your top education stories of the week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Schools and universities <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7108372e-9a45-4c6b-98ab-b8826e9ecd16\">will remain closed<\/a><\/strong><strong> for an additional 15 days<\/strong> after the initial two-week closure period announced earlier this month elapses. 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