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The public education system in Egypt consists of three levels: the basic education stage for 4–14 years old: kindergarten for two years followed by primary school for six years and preparatory school (ISCED Level 2) for three years. Then, the secondary school (ISCED Level 3) stage is for three years, for ages 15 to 17, followed by the ...
This is a list of universities in Egypt. The higher education sector of Egypt includes a number of state-funded, national and private universities. State-funded
Government of Egypt. Headquarters. Cairo. 30°2′11″N 31°14′11″E / 30.03639°N 31.23639°E / 30.03639; 31.23639. Agency executive. Mohamed Ahmed Abdellatif, Minister. Website. moe.gov.eg /en /. The Ministry of Education[1] is a ministry responsible for education in Egypt.
Cairo University (Arabic: جامعة القاهرة, romanized: Jāmiʿat al-Qāhira) is Egypt 's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908; [1] after being housed in various parts of Cairo, its faculties, beginning with the Faculty of Arts, were established ...
Free education was promoted by many leaders, including Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, as a critical aspect of nation-building, and promised that each graduate would find a position in the public sector. The expansion of primary, secondary and tertiary education has paralleled the rapid population growth since the 1960s.
Main article: Education in Nigeria. In Nigeria, secondary school starts from JSS1 - grade 7 (age 12–13) until SSS3 - grade 12 (age 17–18). Most students start at the age of 10 or 11 and finish at 16 or 17. Grade 6 is mostly skipped, but those students who did grade 6 normally start grade 7 (JSS 1) at the age 11 or 12.
The right to education has been recognized as a human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free, primary education for all, an obligation to develop secondary education accessible to all with the progressive introduction of free secondary education, as well as an obligation to ...
A European-style education system was first introduced in Egypt by the Ottomans in the early 19th century to nurture a class of loyal bureaucrats and army officers. [280] Under British occupation, investment in education was curbed drastically, and secular public schools, which had previously been free, began to charge fees.