The Egyptian cabinet, led by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, has approved a series of measures impacting the education sector, including new textbook procurement and university construction projects.
The Ministry of Education and Technical Education has been authorized to contract with Horizon publishing to produce French-language textbooks. These materials are intended for primary, preparatory, and technical commercial secondary schools. The project involves printing over 500,000 copies, with costs covered by the 2026/27 ministry budget.
In addition to textbook production, the cabinet approved several infrastructure developments for public universities. Cairo University received approval to proceed with the second phase of upgrades for its dental hospital and to complete two floors of a pharmacy faculty building at its Sheikh Zayed branch. Furthermore, Arish University was granted authorization to finish a new building for its faculty of computing and information in North Sinai.
These approvals were granted under the provisions of Law No. 182 of 2018, which governs contracts concluded by public entities.
