EDUCATION

USAID and the Government of Egypt have worked together to build a more effective school system through programs that improve teaching and learning. USAID is proud to have helped the Government of Egypt achieve the following milestones:

• In seven focus governorates, a 20% improvement over the last three years in how teachers teach and how schools are managed;

• 847,000 teachers taking the first ever teacher proficiency exam, a first step in establishing national standards for the Egyptian teaching profession;

• Significant progress on decentralization of education administration, financing, and decision-making authority to school districts in the governorates of Fayoum, Ismaelia, and Luxor; the GOE chose education as the first sector to undergo decentralization, recognizing progress made in this area;

• Construction of 34 schools to attract increased enrollment by girls in underserved communities, resulting in a total enrollment of 13,600 female students;

• Participation by 16,000 Egyptian primary schools in a school improvement program based on Egyptian national standards;

• Libraries in all 39,000 Egyptian public schools, totaling over 24 million books;

• 921 Egyptian students receiving undergraduate or graduate degrees at U.S. universities and colleges and the American University of Cairo.

For more information, contact USAID/Egypt Public Outreach Office, tel.: (202) 522- 6547,
or visit our web-site: http://egypt.usaid.gov