CAIRO – The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) issued a press release on the occasion of International Students’ Day, in which the World Federation of Students announced 17th November as the annual World Day for students to celebrate in their educational institutions in various parts of the world to commemorate struggle against Nazi German occupation, that closed all institutes and Higher educational institutions as a result of the murder of one student in Prague (capital of former Czechoslovakia).
The enrollment rate in higher education in the Arab world reached 34%, and in the Middle East and North Africa, it was 41%, which is much lower than in Europe and Central Asia, where the enrollment rate in higher education reached 79%, according to statistics by the World Bank in 2022.
As for the most important indicators in Egypt as far as numbers of students in higher education are concerned, the number of enrolled students in higher education reached 3.7 million during the academic year 2022-2023, compared to 3.5 million students during the academic year 2021-2022, with an increase of 5.7%.
CAPMAS added in a press release Thursday statistics covering the academic year 2022-2023 showed that 66.5% of total students are enrolled in government-run universities and Al-Azhar, 8% in private and community universities, 17.9% in private higher institutes,1% in academies, 5.4% in above intermediate technical Institutes (public-private) 1.2% in various institutes.
The number of students enrolled in public universities and Al-Azhar reached 2.5 million students, and the largest percentage of enrolled students was in Al-Azhar University, where it registered 340 thousand students. The second largest percentage was recorded by Ain Shams University, with 199.4 thousand students, representing 8.1% of the total number of students at public and Al-Azhar universities during the academic year 2022-2023.
Moreover, the number of students enrolled in private and community universities reached 296.9 thousand students, and the largest percentage of enrolled students was at Misr University of Science and Technology, with 27 thousand students, representing 9.1% of the total number of students enrolled in private and community universities. This is followed by 6 October University, with 24.6 thousand students, representing 8.3% of the total number of students enrolled in private and community universities during the academic year 2022-2023.
The total number of those enrolled in private higher institutes reached 660.6 thousand students during the academic year 2022-2023, compared to 571.2 thousand students during the academic year 2021-2022, with an increase of 15.7%.
Also, the total number of enrolled students in above intermediate technical institutes reached 198.8 thousand during the academic year 2022-2023, compared to 181.4 thousand students during the academic year 2021-2022, with an increase of 9.6%.
Percentage of a total number of enrolled students in public technical institutes was 96.9 %, while percentage of private technical institutes reached 3.1% during the academic year 2022/2023 of the total number of students in above intermediate technical institutes.
The total number of pre-university education students reached 28 million students in 2022-2023, compared to 27.3 million students in 2021-2022, by 2.8%
The total number of pre-primary education students reached 1.4 million in 2022-2023 (1.2 million students in general education, 188.1 thousand students in Al-Azhar education) compared to 1.3 million students in 2021-2022 (1.2 million students in general education and 162.1 thousand students at Al-Azhari education) with an increase of 7%.
The total number of those in primary education reached 15.1 million students in 2022-2023 (13.7 million students in general education and 1.4 million students in Al-Azhar education) compared to 14.9 million students in 2021-2022, with an increase of 1.4%.
The total number of in the preparatory school stage reached 6.5 million students in 2022-2023 (6.0 million students in general education and 505.2 thousand students in Al-Azhari education) compared to 6.3 million students in 2021-2022, with an increase of 3.9%.
Number of students enrolled in secondary education reached 2.5 million students (2.1 million students in public education and 402.2 thousand students in Azhar education) during the academic year 2022-2023.
The percentage of students enrolled in public schools was 83.0% and in private schools 17.0% during the academic year 2022-2023 compared to 84.2% in public schools and 15.8% in private schools during the academic year 2021-2022.
Number of enrolled students in technical secondary schools reached 2.3 million during the academic year 2022-2023, compared to 2.2 million a year before, with an increase of 2.7%.
And, according to released statistics on technical education during the academic year 2022-2023, 46.9% of enrolled students are in industrial education, 41.1 % in commercial and hotel education, and 12 % in agricultural education.
