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Education system Egypt
Education system Egypt | Nuffic | 2nd edition, December 2010 | version 3, September 2018
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Primary and secondary education
Primary school (basic education) lasts for 6 years. No diploma is issued at the end
of basic education (prior to 1988, the Primary Education Certificate was
awarded). This is followed by preparatory education for children aged from 12 to
14, with a nominal duration of 3 years. At the end, pupils take a centralised
national examination and are awarded the Basic Education Certificate
(shahâdat itmâm al-dirâsa bi-marhalat al-ta`lîm al-asâsî).
Alternatively, pupils can enrol on a 3-year programme at a vocational school
after primary school. This type of schooling is aimed particularly at pupils who are
unable to successfully complete basic education, or who do not pass the first
year of preparatory education. At the end of this phase, pupils receive the
Certificate of Completion of Basic Education and Vocational Preparation
(shahâdat itmâm marhalat al-ta`lîm al-asâsî, i`dâd mihanî).
After this programme, pupils can continue on to a vocational secondary school.
The Secondary School Diploma in Vocational Preparation (diblôm al-madâris al-
thânawiyya l-fanniyya, i`dâd mihanî) does grant access to post-secondary
education, and is therefore a final programme of study.
After preparatory education, pupils can continue on to related general
secondary education or to vocational education at a technical secondary
school (madrasa thânawiyya fanniyya).
The secondary education phase lasts 3 years. The first year consists of a common
curriculum, and in the second year pupils choose either the general (academic)
or technical track. Around 70% of all pupils choose the technical track, due to the
lack of places in the general track and also because selection takes place based
on pupils’ results from the previous phase. Within the general track, pupils opt to
study either (natural) sciences or language and literature.
Upon completion of this phase, students are awarded the General Secondary
Education Certificate (shahâdat itmâm al-dirâsa al-thânawiyya al-`âmma).
Subjects are divided into compulsory subjects and subjects for which pupils take
exams but which do not count towards the final diploma.
Secondary school curricula are very uniform in all schools, and the final
examination is a national exam. Teaching methods put a strong emphasis on
memorizing a large quantity of information. There is little focus on group work,
discussions or project work.
In terms of level, the Basic Education Certificate
is comparable to approximately 2 years of HAVO.
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