Egypt sets fee and payment rules for official language schools

Egypt's Ministry of Education has issued Decision No. 143 of 2026 regulating fees, fines, and payments for students at official language and distinguished official language schools.

• The decision, published in the official gazette, sets rules for paying fees, fines, subscriptions, additional service charges, and book prices by students at all educational levels.
• Payments are made into the Educational Projects Support, Financing, Management and Construction Fund through contracted electronic collection points and post offices nationwide, using the student's national ID number.
• The fund distributes shares to schools, administrative departments, educational directorates, and the ministry's general office according to ratios specified in the decision.
• Fees apply to students at official language and distinguished official language schools under the system used in comparable Arabic-curriculum schools, per the annual ministerial decision.
• The decision allocates 80% of proceeds to the school, 1% each to the education directorate, central administration, and support fund, and 8% as a strategic reserve.
• It sets bonuses at up to 150% of base salary for school principals, 125% for deputies, and 100% for teachers of foreign-language subjects.