Education
Egypt's education minister visits Singapore to advance technical education cooperation
October 29, 2026 at 09:27 AM · Updated 15m ago
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Egypt's Minister of Education Mohamed Abdel Latif has begun an official visit to Singapore by touring ITE College West to advance technical education cooperation.
- Abdel Latif toured the college's specialized centers, including its automation and robotics, aviation hospitality simulation, and healthcare simulation labs.
- He met Alice Sew, ITE College West director, and Suresh Natarajan, CEO of ITE Education Services, to discuss curriculum development and teacher training.
- Abdel Latif said the current academic year saw 225 applied technology schools launch, including 100 partnered with Italy and 38 with Germany.
- The visit follows a 2025 memorandum of understanding signed when Singapore's president visited Egypt.
- Abdel Latif met Singapore's Education Minister Desmond Lee, with Egypt's ambassador present, to discuss deepening bilateral cooperation.
- The ministers agreed to launch a joint research project on AI applications in education and to cooperate on training teachers in AI.



