Egypt ministers unveil Egypt Forum 2026 education mandates with teacher pay raises

Egypt's education and finance ministers have announced presidential mandates from Egypt Forum 2026, including teacher salary increases and school reforms.

• Education Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif and Finance Minister Ahmed Kojak held a press conference in the New Administrative Capital to detail the Egypt Forum 2026 education mandates.
• Kojak said teacher salaries will rise by 5,000–6,000 Egyptian pounds within two years, targeting a minimum income of 15,000 pounds.
• The mandates aim to expand Egyptian-Japanese schools from 103 to 500 within three years and develop 600 technical schools with the private sector.
• The plan sets ending the afternoon-session system in primary schools by 2027, preparatory by 2028, and secondary by 2029.
• Finance Minister Kojak said the ministry is ready to form a committee to resolve delayed teacher incentive payments.
• The increases will be implemented in two phases, in July 2027 and July 2028, reaching the 15,000-pound minimum.
• Kojak said the raises cover over one million teachers, including Al-Azhar staff and all education-sector workers.
• Abdel Latif announced the ministry will begin building 800 new primary schools next year, placed adjacent to schools on the double-shift system to end it.
• Abdel Latif said committees were formed to prevent delays in hourly teachers' monthly salary payments, citing Kojak's assurances about regular disbursement.