Education
Egypt raises faculty quality incentive in first step of pay plan
November 5, 2026 at 02:31 PM
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Egypt's cabinet approved a quality-incentive increase for university faculty, funded in half by the state treasury and targeted for further rises over three years.
- Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly issued a decision raising the quality incentive to 1,500 Egyptian pounds for professors and 500 for teaching assistants.
- The increase covers faculty at universities, institutes, research centers, and research bodies, funded 50 percent by the state treasury and 50 percent through self-financing.
- The Ministry of Higher Education said the decision is the first step of a plan for gradual, sustainable pay increases over the next three years, implementing the Egypt Forum 2026 recommendations.
- The ministry said a joint study with the Finance Ministry is nearly complete, with details to be announced at an upcoming joint press conference.


