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The impact on education of Egypt\u2019s population boom may be one of the biggest <\/strong>factors at play when it comes to social stability<\/strong>, Juan Cole, a commenter on the Middle East and a historian at the University Michigan, says in an interview with KGOU\u2019s World View program<\/a>. The government has been strained to provide schooling for a population which has doubled since 1980, which driving unemployment and stirring social tensions. Class divisions play a role in that, as quality education remains the purview of the elite who can afford to send their children to education centers that teach analytical skills, and not rote learning as is taught in Egypt\u2019s state universities, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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