CAIRO, 28 March 2023: Egypt and Italy signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to teach the Italian language as a second foreign language starting from the first grade of preparatory schools in the academic year 2024-2025.
The MoU was signed between the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education and Italian Ambassador to Cairo Michele Quaroni and his accompanying delegation.
This comes within the framework of Egypt’s plan to develop the curricula of the preparatory educational system.
The Italian delegation discussed a number of annual scholarships for Egyptian teachers and mentors of the Italian language for training in the latest methods of teaching in Italy, in addition to providing scholarships for students.
Also, Russian was set to be studied as a second foreign language in Egyptian schools and universities, announced the Russian Ministry of Education in a statement.
This topic was discussed at the 14th meeting of the joint Russian-Egyptian commission on trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation, between the delegation of the Russian Ministry of Education and representatives of the Egyptian Ministry of General and Technical Education in Cairo.
The agreement was registered at the meeting minutes and included a number of measures that contribute to the enhancement of cooperation between Russia and Egypt in the field of general, secondary vocational and additional education.
Tue, Mar. 28, 2023
