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<\/a> The Education Ministry has approved requests by 10 international schools to <\/strong>raise their tuition fees above the 14% cap for the 2017-18 school year<\/strong>, Al Masry Al Youm<\/a> reports. The ministry approved the increases after the schools provided documents proving they would be generating losses without them. All of them got approval to hike fees more than the 14% the state had allowed for this year. According to the decree<\/a>, MES was allowed to increase its tuition fees 24% this year, AIS Sheikh Zayed by 30%, and AIS New Cairo by 20%, as well as allowing the German schools DSB in Cairo and Alexandria and DEO to raise their fees. Minister Tarek Shawki has reportedly said that all schools that hike fees beyond the allowed 14% will be forced to reimburse parents, according to remarks by House Education and Scientific Research Committee head Gamal Shiha cited by Al Mal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Education Ministry has approved requests by 10 international schools to raise their tuition fees above the 14% cap for the 2017-18 school year, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The ministry approved the increases after the schools provided documents proving they would be generating losses without them. 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