Privatization of Education in Egypt

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This paper argues that, while the privatization of Egypt's state educational system is a controversial proposal that contradicts the national constitution's declaration that all Egyptians have the right to free education, the state educational system is currently collapsing, and the quality of education is getting increasingly poorer, requiring a substantial economic investment in order to fulfill the basic educational needs of the population. It explains that, since the Egyptian government cannot afford this additional investment and can barely afford the current cost of the state education system, the only solution lies in partial privatization.

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"The educational system in Egypt is collapsing under the weight of overpopulation. Egypt has twelve state universities, as affirmed by the CEDEJ researcher, Iman Farag, with a total of 1.5 million students. Every year, the number increases (Farag). State universities students are exercising their right to receive a free education but, the Egyptian government is unable to meet the cost of their education. Consequently, universities' resources are poor, quality of education is unacceptable and there is a shortage of qualified instructors. Money is needed to correct all these problems but, the Egyptian government does not have it. Egypt confronts a similar problem in its primary, intermediary and secondary school systems. As mentioned in the Economist's "School's Out," Egypt has over 25,000 public schools, half of which have double shifts to fit in two school groups in one school day. Despite that, the average classroom has 45 pupils, at the least, and one hundred per class is not at all unusual. Over and above, the majority of the country's students only complete 5 years of school education, before dropping out ("School's Out"). Again, quality of education is poor, classrooms are overpopulated and there are not enough schools to satisfy the needs of the country's 16 million school age citizens ("School's Out")."

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