Prime
Minister Mustafa Madbouli said the Education Development Fund (EDF) plays a key
role in improving pre-university and university education, as well as
strengthening cooperation and coordination between the Education Ministry and
the Higher Education Ministry to provide high-quality education and deliver
qualified graduates who are capable of meeting the requirements of the labor
market.
Madbouli made the
remarks while he was chairing the 44th meeting of the Education Development
Fund, in the presence of Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel el Wazir,
Minister of Planning and Economic Development Rania el Mashat, Minister of
Communications and Information Technology Amr Talaat, Minister of Higher Education
and Scientific Research Ayman Ashour and Minister of Education and Technical
Education Mohamed Abdel Latif, as well as other officials.
Spokesman for the
cabinet Mohammad El-Hommosani said the meeting saw the approval of the minutes
of the 43rd meeting of the EDF’s board of directors and a review of the
decisions taken in the fund’s previous meeting.
The spokesman added
the meeting tackled some future projects of the fund, including a project on
international licensing academies for practicing professions abroad, which aims
to qualify one million Egyptian professionals/technicians over five years for
the labor market in Europe, Canada, the US, and the Gulf countries.
Source: The Egyptian
Gazette