Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al‑Sisi on Sunday reviewed plans to expand the country’s education system, including the establishment of 100 technical schools in cooperation with Italy, equipping 50 schools with German support and expanding the Japanese‑style school network, alongside the development of new universities and teaching hospitals.
Al‑Sisi met Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Education Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif, Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Abdel Aziz Konsowa and senior military officials to review joint education projects and construction progress.
According to a presidential statement, the meeting covered universities, technological institutions and research centres being developed by the Armed Forces Engineering Authority, including a new university in the New Administrative Capital and the 577-bed Galala Teaching Hospital.
Al‑Sisi also reviewed progress on the new National Cancer Institute in Sheikh Zayed, known as Hospital 500500, which is planned to have a capacity of 340 beds.
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