The education system in Egypt is similar to a piece of ancient architecture that requires constant change and rebuilding.
The government has regularly sought to develop the basic education system to ensure better learning and skills acquisition.
Ali Nagui, a professor of physical education at the Faculty of Education, Benha University, stressed the importance of instilling the values of learning to replace the “traditional ideology that reduced the learning process to simply getting a certificate.
“There is an urgent need of community dialogue and surveys in the field of education development with a focus on discovering and nurturing talents, as the skilled students are the nation’s engine of progress,” Nagui told The Egyptian Gazette.
Nagui said that the government should pay more attention to improving the financial and social status of teachers, as they are the cornerstone of the education process.
In the same vein, he spoke about the necessity of physical education to develop the cognitive skills of pupils, especially in early stages.
Physical education provides cognitive content and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, and behaviours for physical activity and physical fitness.
“Supporting schools to establish physical education daily can provide students with the ability and confidence to be physically active for a lifetime,” he said.
The government is keen on developing the youth’s innovative capabilities across the country within the framework of localising the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Egypt’s Vision 2030, Nagui went on to say.
Proper physical education at schools should involve checkups, nutritional guidance and developing the body with the aim of enhancing performance in class and behaviour in public life, as well as encouraging teamwork and social interaction, Nagui told this paper.
In the meantime, he referred to the Education Ministry’s strategy to develop the technical education sector with the aim of transforming its curricula to a system based on the skills acquired by the graduate so that they can meet the needs of the labour market, in addition to presenting the experience of applied technology schools.
“The latest educational upheavals are part of the state’s major national projects that seek to restore Egypt’s pioneering global status as well as its soft power across the Middle East and Africa,” Abdullah Mukhtar, a professor of curricula and methods of teaching at 6th October University, told this paper.
Mukhtar highlighted the praise of a number of global educational institutions on the Egyptian experience regarding revamping the education system over the past few years.
He said that more attention should be attached to overhaul the defects of educational system, stressing the need to rally efforts and join hands to overcome challenges and achieve the best solutions for problems facing educational process in government-run schools and universities.
The State seeks to develop the education system and overcome several challenges it faces; according to an ambitious plan that aims to raise the efficiency of schools, integrate modern technology into the education process. He said that the Ministry of Education should to work more and exert extra efforts to revamp curricula and adopt new education systems that work on developing students’ skills, he told this paper.
