The Egyptian Education
Teaching Quality
Problems
Solutions
Curriculum
Problems
Solutions
Funding
Problems
Solutions
Consequences of poor education
not enough salaries to the the teachers
Too much useless information (very irrelevant to work life in the future)
very limited facilities and resources
lacks soft skills
Teachers don't care about active participation in class
no enough schools/ crowded classes
depends on memorizing
Teachers resort to giving private lessons
books/ laboratories/ equipments
outdated information and training
update methods in textbooks
specify a reasonable amount of money to build new schools and get enough resources for all students
The government should monitor where the money provided to the schools is used
Include critical thinking methods
Include useful and relevant information
Making exams based on comprehension rather than memorizing
Passive learning
use part of the collected taxes for school funding
More engaging class activities
Increase the use of technology
Teachers undervalue students
unemployment
Hit them
Disrespect them
ban private lessons
Add consequences to teacher misbehaviour
Require a certain level of training to be able to teach
inability to escape poverty
inability to make smart political decisions
ignorance
Teaching is done in a repeat and copy form
The don't know basic information about health
check where the funding goes.
high mortality rate
low hygiene
not enough knowledge about HIV
High amount of grade repetition and dropout rates
increase the salaries to teachers in respect to the increase of high-ranking officials
Improve teaching skills
illiteracy rate of 71% in 2010
Overlapping of educational authorities
providing teachers with relevant training and ensuring that they receive satisfactory salaries
high rates of traffic accidents
Increase standards of people in authority of syndicate
Action research
Westernization
Reduce US and UK influenced schooling systems
introduce a lecture-based system in high schools
Limited skills
curriculum is too ambitious, and they lack immediacy and relevance
focus on practical rather than theoretical knowledge
information that tends to confuse rather than help the students.
should focus on reading, arithmetic, presentation skills and establishing habits of study
rote learning is given precedence over understanding
prerequisite for progress and innovation
83 per cent of the budget in 2013-12014 was allocated to salaries and payments for Education Ministry workers and teachers and only $300 was spent on each student
40 students per class, it can even reach to 100 per class which reduces the education value
teachers say, insisting that a large part of the budget is actually spent on bonuses for high-ranking officials or development work and research that remains in closed drawers.
Set a reasonable min. salary