Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Egypt)

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is one of the governmental ministries of Egypt and part of the cabinet. It was formed in 1961.

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Emblem of Egypt
Agency overview
Formed	9 November 1961; 63 years ago (1961-11-09)
Jurisdiction	Government of Egypt
Headquarters	Cairo
Agency executive	Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister
Website	mohesr.gov.eg

History

The ministry was established on 9 November 1961,^[1][2] when university education in Egypt became free.^[3]

The ministry employed seven different ministers between March 2011 and June 2013.^[4] Amr Ezzat Salama was one of the ministers during this period.^[5]

Mostafa Mussad served as minister of higher education from August 2012^[6] to July 2013 when Hossam Eisa replaced him in the post.^[4][7] The ministry was headed by El Sayed Abdel Khalek between June 2014^[8] and September 2015. He was replaced by Ashraf El-Shihy in the post.^[9] In February 2017, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar was appointed to head the ministry.^[10]

Organization and activities

The major function of the ministry, based in Cairo is to introduce, develop and monitor all the higher education-related policies.^[2][11] The ministry is responsible for the educational activity in Egyptian universities, both public and private. The ministry realizes this function through three executive bodies, namely the Supreme Council of Universities, the Supreme Council of Private Universities and the Supreme Council of Technical Institutions.^[11]

In addition, the ministry supervises the Academy of the Arabic Language and the National Committee of UNESCO.^[1] The ministry has international bureaus, including the Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau in Washington, D.C.^[12]

In early 2018, the ministry with Minya University, spearheaded a week-long sports event for people with disabilities. It was the first of its kind in Egypt's history, as Egypt works to include the disabled in social activities.^[13]

In 2018 it was announced that starting from Kindergarten, Egyptian children would be learning English.^[14]

References

1. "Ministry of Higher Education" (PDF). Ipoque. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
2. "Ministry of Higher Education". Centre for Social Innovation. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
3. Mariz Tudros (18–24 March 1999). "Unity in diversity". Al Ahram Weekly. 421. Archived from the original on 30 May 2014.
4. Nadia El Awady (8 June 2013). "Higher education still suffering after the revolution". University World News. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
5. Mark Allen Peterson (10 November 2011). "Egypt's media ecology in a time of revolution". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
6. Ashraf Khaled (9 August 2012). "Islamist professor becomes higher education minister". University World News. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
7. "Egypt's interim president swears in first government". Ahram Online. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
8. "New government swears in". Cairo Post. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
9. "Egypt's Sherif Ismail cabinet with 16 new faces sworn in by President Sisi". Ahram Online. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
10. Sarah El-Sheikh (14 February 2017). "Parliament approves new cabinet reshuffle of nine ministries". Daily News Egypt.
11. "Higher education in Egypt" (PDF). European Commission. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
12. "Message from director". Egyptian Cultural and Educational Bureau. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
13. "Start of First Disability Challenge". Al-Masry Al-Youm. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
14. "English language will be taught in kindergarten for the first time: Minister of education". Ahram. 9 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

External links

• Official website

• Egypt portal