Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met with the Minister of Education and Technical Education, Mohamed Abdel Latif, and the Minister of Higher Education, Abdel Aziz Konsowa, on Monday to assess the implementation of recommendations from the Egypt Forum 2026.
The government aims to expand the number of Egyptian-Japanese schools from 103 to 500 within the next three years. Madbouly has directed officials to expedite the allocation of land for 400 new facilities.
Education and teacher reforms
Abdel Latif announced a plan to raise the minimum monthly income for teachers to 15,000 EGP over the next two years. Additional initiatives include a national program to upgrade 600 technical schools through private sector partnerships and the renovation of all special education schools within the same timeframe.
Higher education and innovation
Konsowa outlined plans to establish 14 national universities and expand technological universities over the next three years. The government will also provide 1,000 annual scholarships for local universities and 100 for study abroad.
To foster industry-academic collaboration, the government is launching the State of Innovation initiative, which seeks to build a 500 million EGP investment portfolio. Furthermore, Madbouly has instructed the finance and higher education ministries to finalize a proposal to improve income levels for university faculty members.
