EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

OF EGYPT

Presenter:Mary Jiemer Cabe Benolirao

CAPITAL: CAIRO

President: Abdel Fattah el- Sisi

Climate: Desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters

Official Language: Standard Arabic

- Masa alkhair : Masa alnur

Religions:•94% Muslim (mostly Sunni), •Coptic Christian and other 6%

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

(ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES)

From an early age, the children would be

going out to the fields, boys and girls alike,

to lend a hand in simple tasks like gathering

and winnowing the corn, tending poultry

and cattle.

•The method of learning was memorization, and the motivation was the fear of harsh physical discipline.

•Starting in about 3500 BC, various writing systems developed in ancient civilizations around the world.

Overview of the Ancient Education:

1.HIEROGLYPS SCRIPTS-was invented by the god Thoth and

called their hieroglyphic script "mdwt ntr" (god's words). The word hieroglyph comes from the Greek *hieros (sacred) *glypho (inscriptions)

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCRIPTS:

2.HIERATIC SCRIPT- invented and developed more or less at the

same time as the hieroglyphic script and was used in parallel with it for everyday purposes such as keeping records and accounts and writing letters. It was used until the 26th Dynasty.

3. DEMOTIC SCRIPT

•The Demotic or popular script, a name given to it by Herodotus, developed from a northern variant of the Hieratic script in around 660 BC. •During the 26th Dynasty it became the preferred script at court, however during the 4th century it was gradually replaced by the Greek-derived Coptic alphabet.

4. COPTIC SCRIPT-The name 'Coptic' derives from the Greek word for Egyptian:

Aigyptioi which became Qibt in Arabic and then was Latinized to become Copt.

FORMS OF

WRITING

Cuneiform•was a three-dimensional writing system.•named after the Latin word cuneus, which means "wedge". •It was written by using a special bone, wood, or metal instrument called a "calamus" to dig wedges and linear scrapes out of the surface that was being written on.

Papyrus -is a thin paper-like material made from the pith of the papyrus plant

Cyperus papyrus

The Egyptians had a decimal system using seven different symbols:•1 is shown by a single stroke.•10 is shown by a drawing of a hobble for cattle.•100 is represented by a coil of rope.•1,000 a drawing of a lotus plant.•10,000 is represented by a finger.•100,000 a tadpole or frog•1,000,000 figure of a god with arms raised above his head.

Who is MUHAMMAD ALI?

KANI?

Muhammad Ali - father of modern Egypt and its education

system.• Introduced a secular, modern, western educational philosophy complete with sciences.

Al-Azhar System•Consists of six years of primary stage, •a three-year preparatory stage • and finally three years of secondary stage•6-3-3

•separate schools for girls and boys

•Supervised by the Supreme Council of the Al-AzharInstitution.

Al-Azhar University mosque•Shaping the country's religious, educational, and cultural life. •Resting on memorization and recitation, the traditional methods for learning the Quran, this educational system does not stress experimentation, problem-solving analysis, or learning by-doing. •Rational, spiritual, and social dimensions.

Schools in Egypt are categorized into two:

Governmental schools •Arabic schools: This type of schools is almost free. generally refer to primary or secondary schools mandated for or offered to all children without charge, funded in whole or in part by taxation . The term may also refer to public institutions of post-secondary education.

•Experimental language schools:-Science and mathematics are taught in English and second foreign language is thought starting from Preparatory school (instead of secondary school compared to Arabic schools). Also they teach advanced English subject. This type of schools required higher fees and usually students in this type of schools are one year older than their colleagues in Arabic schools.

Private schools

1- Ordinary schools: same as Arabic governmental school but managed by private management. This type of schools required fees and usually provide better educations standards and less number of students in one class compared to Arabic governmental schools. Also private school administration can choose to teach advanced English subject

2- Language schools: This schools teach science and mathematics in English

School Educational SystemSchool education in Egypt is divided into 3 main stages:

1.Kindergarten (2 years) Kindergarten is not required and Egyptian student can start his or her education journey from next stage (Basic education)

2.Basic Education (9 compulsory years)

3.Secondary Education (3 or 5 years)

Technical Schools /Vocational Schools3 types:

•Industrial•Commercial•Agricultural

Higher Education System.

•Egypt has a very extensive higher education system. About 30% of all Egyptians in the relevant age group go to university. However, only half of them graduate.

Al-Azhar University mosque

EGYTIAN RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY

17 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

16 PRIVATE UNVERSITIES

89 PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

51 PUBLIC NON-UNIVERSITY FACILITIES

TODAY…

Approximate academic year calendar

•Academic year in Egypt starts at second or third week of September.

•The first term lasts for 15 weeks ends at Mid-January.

•Then comes the mid-year vacation for about a month.

•Second term starts usually at mid February and lasts also 15 weeks and ends at mid June .

•It's now the summer vacation for 3 months.

UNIFORMS

TEACHING AIDS/TOOLS:

Textbooks

WRITING BOARDS AND CHALKS

COMPUTERS

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