Egypt: who governs education

5 government bodies, 3 named officials, 6 programmes and 4 policies, from the ministries' own sites.

3 source sites did not fully answer our request; the status is shown on the body it belongs to. Last mined 2026-08-02.

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Government bodies

The ministries, regulators and funds that hold the mandate, with the office holder where we could verify one.

Ministry of Education and Technical Educationوزارة التربية والتعليم والتعليم الفني

Pre-university education (K-12) including the technical/vocational school track (2.35M students in 3,213 technical schools per July 2026 press coverage).

ministry Site blocked our request Official site Source

Mohamed Abdel Latif · Minister of Education and Technical Education
Verified as of 2026-06-09 Source

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Researchوزارة التعليم العالى والبحث العلمى

Post-secondary education policy and supervision of government, private, technological, and national universities plus scientific research programs.

Abdelaziz Konsowa · Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Verified as of 2026-07-31 Source

Ministry of Communications and Information Technologyوزارة الاتصالات وتكنولوجيا المعلومات

National ICT policy, connectivity, and digital transformation; owns the Digital Egypt vision and the digital-skills education pipeline (DEBI, DECI, DEPI, ITI, NTI, EUI).

Raafat Hindy · Minister of Communications and Information Technology
Verified as of 2026-07-31 Source

Information Technology Institute

MCIT-affiliated training institute: 9-month Professional Training Program, 4-month Intensive Code Camp, summer camps reaching ~20,000 students annually.

institute No official site found Source

Egyptian Education and Scientific Research Council

Presidential-level council named by Wikipedia as overseer of the Egyptian Knowledge Bank initiative.

commission No official site found Source

Programmes

Named interventions currently running, announced, stalled or ended. A partner entering here joins one of these or explains why not.

Egyptian Knowledge Bank

National digital library giving all Egyptian citizens free National-ID access to journals, e-textbooks, and databases from 26+ publishers (Elsevier, OUP, CUP); launched January 2016 as a presidential initiative and used as the content backbone of school and university curricula.

Reach: 69 million searches in first 10 months post-launch (2016 figure; no current figure obtained — ekb.eg unreachable)

active As of 2026-07-31 Source

Digital Egypt Builders Initiative

MCIT eight-month professional program developing advanced technical capacity among youth in modern IT fields with innovation/entrepreneurship emphasis.

active As of 2026-07-31 Source

Digital Egypt Cubs Initiative

MCIT fully-funded scholarship equipping students from first preparatory to second secondary year with IT skills.

active As of 2026-07-31 Source

Digital Egypt Pioneers Initiative

MCIT training initiative launched 2023 preparing students and graduates for the labor market.

active As of 2026-07-31 Source

Secondary school fibre connectivity

Fibre-optic connection of roughly 2,500 public general secondary schools across all 27 governorates, with private-sector partners, inside the World-Bank-supported Education 2.0 digital transformation.

Reach: ~2,500 general secondary schools; reported EGP 5-6B; US$500M World Bank loan also funded tablets, smartboards, digital assessment and content.

active As of 2026-07-31 Source

Etmaen child-safe mobile internet (Child SIM)

MCIT-launched nationwide child-safe mobile internet services ('Etmaen' and 'Etmaen Ala Al Akher') giving families filtering tools, alongside the Waei.net digital-citizenship platform run with the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood and the UN.

active As of 2026-07 Source

Policies and plans

The strategy documents in force. These are what an intervention has to be written into.

Education 2.0 (EDU 2.0)2018-2030

MOETE system-wide K-12 reform rolled out from September 2018: replaces exam-driven rote learning with competency-based, student-centered curriculum plus digital learning platforms (EKB, teacher academy); 180,000+ teachers trained; aligned with Egypt Vision 2030.

As of 2026-07-31 Source

Digital Egypt2019-ongoing

MCIT's all-encompassing national digital transformation vision; its human-capacity pillar carries the education-adjacent programs (DEBI, DECI, DEPI) and institutes (ITI, NTI, EUI).

As of 2026-07-31 Source

National Artificial Intelligence Strategy2021-

First edition 2021, second edition 2025 across six pillars (governance, technology, data, infrastructure, ecosystem, skills). National Council for AI established 2019; Responsible AI Charter 2023.

As of 2025 Source

Strategic Plan for Pre-University Education Reform 2024-20292024-2029

MOETE strategic plan for pre-university education, successor to the 2014-2030 plan and operating alongside the Education 2.0 reform.

As of 2024 Source