Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Monday reviewed progress in implementing the recommendations of the Egypt 2026 Forum on pre-university and higher education, reaffirming the government’s commitment to developing the education system and improving the financial conditions of teachers and university faculty members.
During a meeting with Education Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif and Higher Education Minister Abdel Aziz Konsowa, Madbouly directed the rapid allocation of land for 400 new Egyptian-Japanese schools, as part of a plan to increase their number from 103 to 500 within three years.
Abdel Latif announced a phased salary increase plan aimed at raising teachers’ minimum monthly income to LE 15,000 within two years, alongside a national programme to develop 600 technical schools in partnership with the private sector and upgrade all special education schools within two years.
Meanwhile, Konsowa said the government was working to provide 1,000 annual scholarships at local universities and 100 abroad, establish 14 national universities within three years and expand technological universities.
He also announced the ‘State of Innovation’ initiative, which aims to build a financing and investment portfolio worth LE 500 million over three years, strengthening links between universities, research centres and industry.
Madbouly also directed the ministers of finance and higher education to urgently finalise a proposal to improve the incomes of university faculty members.
