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Education problems run deeper than you think, your excellency: <\/strong>The Education Minister\u2019s vision for education seems poised to overlook the more deep-rooted challenges, Amr El Shobaki writes for Al Masry Al Youm<\/a>. A bottom-up approach to reform is needed, and it necessitates prioritizing human capital, not the physical capital of \u201ctablets and walls.\u201d The first few days of school are showing that reform will quickly lose momentum so long as petty issues are highlighted and more urgent failures dismissed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Education problems run deeper than you think, your excellency: The Education Minister\u2019s vision for education seems poised to overlook the more deep-rooted challenges, Amr El Shobaki writes for Al Masry Al Youm. 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