New education system to nurture talents: Education Min.

CAIRO – 5 November 2018: During a session titled, “How do we build future leaders?”, Egyptian Minister of Higher Education Khaled Abdelghafar and Egyptian Minister of Education Tarek Shawky put forth education as an aswer, revealing that the new Egyptian education system is designed to discover and nurture talents. Shawky explained that the new education system is designed to discover talents at an early stage so that they can be nurtured and focused on, leading to productive and positive individuals. “For those who are asking why we are changing the educational system, we are doing this because the old educational system did not really discover the talents of people. Some people have talents that are related to science but some have talents in the arts and music,” said Shawky.   The current system needed to be updated as it did not take individuality into account, according to the minister. Instead, it treated all students the same, teaching them the same topics and testing them in the same way. The new system, however, will take into account individuality and talents, allowing individuals to build their capabilities and reach their potential. "No two students will take the same subjects. Each student will take the subjects that are suitable for their talents; there will be compulsory courses and electives. The electives will prepare the student for what comes next for them," Shawky stated. “We want to find these talents early on so we can work on it.” “Developing education in Egypt was a dream and now it is coming true,” Shawky stated. The educational system will also take into account the changes that will happen to society. Building on this, Abdelghafar said expert research was used to design these programs to ensure they are the very best, adding that they come in like with Egypt's 2030 Agenda. “Education is essential in building leadership, it is not simply a genetic trait,” Abdelghafar said.   For the second year, under the auspices of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, the tourist attraction city of Sharm el-Sheikh is bringing together youth of all nations at the second annual World Youth Forum (WYF) from November 3-6 to deliver a message of peace and prosperity from Egypt to the entire world. According to the official WYF website, the registration process for the forum has been closed after receiving applications from more than 122,000 youth of both sexes across the world.

The Seven Pillars of the Egyptian Identity

This year, the Forum events will revolve around a vision inspired by “The Seven Pillars of the Egyptian Identity”, a book by one of the most political intellectuals in Egypt Author Milad Hanna; who received several international awards including three “Egyptian Pride” awards from the assembly of foreign journalists and correspondents in Egypt in 1998, the “Order of the Polar Star” award from the king of Sweden, UNESCO’s “Simon Bolivar” award and the state appreciation prize in social sciences in 1999. In his book; Hanna emphasizes the unity and harmony of the Egyptian society despite differences. In keeping with this approach, all the forum events will be held in the light of those pillars that envision the communicative nature of the Egyptian society that has managed throughout the ages to be a linking point between different societies. These pillars include; the Pharaonic pillar, the Greco-Roman pillar, the Coptic pillar, the Islamic pillar, the Arabic pillar, the Mediterranean pillar and the African pillar. https://www.facebook.com/wyfegypt/videos/481164989070331/

WYF’s themes and topics:

Building on the success of Egypt’s first international youth event in 2017, held under the theme “We Need to Talk”, this year the WYF is expected to witness the participation of approximately 5,000 young people from all over the world including international youth leadership figures, influential youth models in various fields, prominent international figures, youth groups from around the world and young Egyptian expats. During the international forum, these young people will explore and exchange views on key issues facing their generation and determine their role in shaping their future. https://twitter.com/wyfegypt/status/920962926382583808