Egypt's industry, education, and military production ministers meet on technical education reform

Egypt's industry, education, and military production ministers met to align technical education and vocational training with industrial needs.

• Industry Minister Khaled Hashem convened an expanded meeting with Education Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif and Military Production Minister Salah Jumblatt to review technical education and vocational training.
• Participants agreed to form a committee uniting the four ministries, the Labor Ministry, and the Arab Organization for Industrialization, with proposals due to the ministers within a week.
• Abdel Latif said the ministry targets expanding applied technology schools to 600 by 2030.
• Abdel Latif said cooperation covers 100 Egyptian-Italian schools, 38 Egyptian-German schools, and an agreement with Japan to launch 20 schools.