Monday, December 24, 2007
The Egyptian Prime Minister, Dr. Ahmed Nazief chaired the ninth meeting of the Board of Directors of the Education Development Fund „EDF“. The meeting was attended by Ministers of Finance, International Cooperation, Communications, Commerce and Higher Education, in addition to the Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers, and members of the Board of Directors of the Fund, including businessmen and experts: Dr. Nader Riad, Mohamed Barakat, Mohamed Farid Khamees, Shafik Gabr, Dr. Magdy Radi and Dr. Abdel-Hamid Shuaira. (Available in Arabic – German in PDF )
The meeting discussed the qualification of some faculties to be accredited by the Fund, depending on two models as a base for the application expected to be generalized in the rest of the Republic in the next stage. It has been decided that the two Faculties of Medicine at Suez Canal University and Nursing at Ain Shams University will be the start, as they are the closest to the specifications and requirements of the accreditation. The meeting also discussed the importance of establishing kindergarten classes, emphasizing the revitalization of community participation in that too. The fund will choose governorates, which have the fewest kindergarten classes. They are ten governorates of Minya, Faiyum, Qena, Assiut, Sohag, Dakahlia, Sharqia, Beheira, Kafr El-Sheikh and Gharbia.
