21/10/1995
Nadia Mohamed Hafez submitted a working paper regarding “Who Protects Consumers in Egyptian Schools?”. The aim of this working paper is to determine the client rights (guardian) and the consumer rights (pupil) in the Egyptian school. These rights can be summarized as follows: Right to access an advanced educational service, right of choice, right to receive accurate, correct and frank information whenever required pertaining to the school and education, right to live safely and secure with family today and in the future and the right to receive an appropriate income in return for what is spent by the guardian whether in money, effort or time during the period of education for the pupil.(Available in Arabic – German in PDF )
The working paper addressed a group of important questions on the essence of education such as: Why do education officials become silly and uncontrolled? Why do private lessons prevail in such a way that government can’t overcome this problem? Why do external books surpass school books without any resistance from the state? Why should students learn the method of scientific research? Why should students complete their assigned duties? Why is the 21st century faced with such high illiteracy? How to acquire renewable energy from our youth while our school and university graduates are not qualified to be employed or have no required work skills? Can we ask the state to play a greater role and be responsible for time and education or ask to diminish such a role and surrender to our disabled government bodies? What about free education and is there free education? Is education a right or support? Is it permitted to use flexible systems letting students leave and return back to school to acquire certificates at anytime?
