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EGYPT
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM | SECONDARY
EDUCATION | HIGHER EDUCATION | FOREIGN
STUDENT ADMISSIONS
EGYPT EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM
Pre-higher education
Duration of compulsory education:
Age of entry: 6
Age of exit: 14
Structure of school system
Primary School
Length of program in years: 5
Age level from: 6 to: 11
Certificate/diploma awarded: Primary School
Certificate
Preparatory School
Length of program in years: 3
Age level from: 11 to: 14
Certificate/diploma awarded: Basic Education
Completion Certificate
General Secondary School
Length of program in years: 3
Age level from: 14 to: 17
Certificate/diploma awarded: Thanaweya
a' Amma (General Secondary Education Certificate (GSEC)
Technical Secondary School (for technicians)
Length of program in years: 3
Age level from: 14 to: 17
Certificate/diploma awarded: Technical
Education Diploma
Technical Secondary School (for high level technicians)
Length of program in years: 5
Age level from: 14 to: 19
Certificate/diploma awarded: Advanced Technical
Diploma
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SECONDARY EDUCATION
Compulsory education lasts for eight grades and is known as "basic
education", split into two stages, primary school (Grades
1 - 5) and preparatory school (Grades 6 - 8). It leads to the
award of the Basic Education Completion Certificate. Following
the eight-year basic education, pupils have the choice of entering
a general secondary school (academic option) or a technical
option including three- and five-year technical schools as well
as experimental schools teaching languages, education and physical
education. Only general secondary school graduates (academic
option) may be admitted to university after obtaining their
General Secondary Education Certificate (GSEC) or an Advanced
Technical Diploma with scores above 75%. However, since 1991,
some graduates from technical schools have been allowed to enter
higher education.
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HIGHER EDUCATION
Higher education is provided by some 20 universities and by
higher institutes of technical and professional training, both
public and private. Responsibility for higher education lies
mainly with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific
Research. Organization and administration, as well as academic
programmes, are determined by laws, decrees and government regulations.
The State universities are under the authority of the Supreme
Council of Universities. Universities have full academic and
administrative autonomy. They also carry out scientific research.
The higher institutes of professional and technical training
award qualifications equivalent to the first qualification conferred
by the universities. Open college education was introduced at
the universities of Cairo, Alexandria and Assiut in 1991. Private
universities are entitled to implement their own criteria of
admission and to set fees without intervention from the Ministry.
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FORIEGN STUDENT ADMISSION
Admission requirements: Foreign
students should have qualifications equivalent to the Thanaweya
A'amma or a university degree.
Entry regulations: Foreign students must obtain
a student visa.
Language requirements: Knowledge of Arabic
is essential for regular university studies. English is the
language of instruction at the American University in Cairo,
some faculties of Helwan University and at the Faculty of Agriculture
of the University of Alexandria. French is the language of instruction
at Senghor University.
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