President Emmanuel Macron travelled to Egypt earlier this month – the go to constructing on the landmark of the upper schooling framework settlement signed by the 2 international locations final July.
The settlement outlined their joined efforts to supply twin levels in 15 scientific disciplines and established a scholarship program enabling 100 Egyptian PhD candidates to pursue superior research in France between 2025 and 2028.
Following up on final 12 months’s aims, efforts for the upper schooling sectors grew stronger, forging extra partnerships and Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) between prime establishments within the two international locations.
A complete of 9 MoUs had been signed between the Université Française d’Égypte (UFE) and prestigious French universities, masking levels in enterprise administration, engineering, linguistics, and political sciences.
In accordance with an article by Al Fajr, UFE president Mohamed Rochdi claimed that the establishment is the one Egyptian College that grants French levels accredited by the French Ministry of Increased Training with out the necessity to journey to France, giving college students a big aggressive benefit within the native and worldwide job market.
He highlighted that the MoUs will assist to deepen the present collaboration between the 2 nations. “A few of them strengthen present applications, whereas others launch new ones. All of the agreements purpose to switch French experience to Egypt,” he mentioned.
In the meantime, 5 agreements had been reached by French universities, together with Lyon 3, Cergy, Littoral, Poitiers, and Aix Marseille, facilitating the alternate of scholars, tutorial workers, and administrative personnel.
By embracing worldwide cooperation, Egypt can domesticate a dynamic, future-ready schooling system that drives innovation and long-term socioeconomic development
Hossan Rashad, ESLSCA College
Within the Ok-12 sector, the Egyptian authorities, in collaboration with the French authorities, has introduced plans to open 100 new francophone colleges within the nation.
Though Egypt’s worldwide instructional panorama is dominated by the British curriculum, France plans to spice up its efforts by launching applications just like the Trefle Challenge, which goals to enhance French curricula and lift the skilled stage of French lecturers in Egypt.
As for AI and know-how, Hossam Rashad, senior director of data administration at ESLSCA College, acknowledged that partnerships with France and different European nations are pivotal to fostering pupil mobility, tutorial alternate, and the switch of worldwide finest practices.
“The go to underscored the immense worth of cross-cultural dialogue in advancing Egypt’s increased schooling sector,” he mentioned.
“Such alliances not solely elevate Egypt’s tutorial requirements but additionally strengthen its international competitiveness, making certain our college students and establishments are geared up to thrive in an interconnected world. By embracing worldwide cooperation, Egypt can domesticate a dynamic, future-ready schooling system that drives innovation and long-term socioeconomic development.”
