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Equality of Opportunity in Education and Training - Egypt National Plan of Education for All (EFA) 2002 - 2016 Egypt National Plan of Education for All (EFA) 2002 - 2016 ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (2002/2003 – 2015/2016) The plan adopts the goals of Education for All (EFA) that were redefined by the Dakar Framework for Action in 2000. General Strategic goals: 1. Continuing to provide all target groups with equal educational opportunities without any discrimination, and ensuring their enrollment and continuation, while taking into account the increase in numbers due to population growth. 2. Achieving quality of education in all stages according to international standards in order to ensure competitiveness of Egyptian pupils in the era of globalization Section 3 is concerned with Formal Basic Education: General goal: Full absorption of children aged 6 to15 without discrimination on any grounds - gender, place of residence, socio economic status, or ethnic or religious background- as well as ensuring a distinguished and high level of education for all. Strategic goals: 1. Continuing efforts to provide target groups with educational opportunities in formal Basic Education, eliminating gender and regional gaps, and extending compulsory education. 2. Achieve qualitative leap in the inputs, processes and outputs of the educational process, as well as in curriculum development; as well as maximizing the use of modern technology in education, and applying up-to-date examinations and evaluations systems. Actions and programmes to achieve the strategic goals: 1. Increasing the number of school buildings to ensure full absorption (taking into account the increase in population and the restoration of 6th grade primary). 2. Eliminating the gender gap in total enrollment in Basic Education. 3. Providing a sufficient number of classrooms to improve the learning environment. 4. Providing educational opportunities to achieve full absorption of individuals with special needs. 5. Updating the policy of curriculum development. 6. Enhancing the effectiveness of compulsory Basic Education. Section 5 deals with Adult literacy and continuing education General goal: Providing sufficient opportunities to eliminate 50% of the current illiteracy rate (15 years and above) by the year 2015/2016, while giving priority to the younger groups, girls and women, residents of rural and remote areas as well as poor urban sites by the end of the plan (2015/2016). Strategic goals: 1. Reducing illiteracy rate to 15% amongst adults (15 and above) by the year 2015 and eliminating gender and regional gaps. 2. Enhancing the functional component (social and professional) of these programs in order to enable the students to contribute to good citizenship. 3. Providing channels for different levels of continuing education in the religious, social, economic, cultural and political domains. Actions and programmes to achieve the strategic goals: 1. Expanding basic and remedial educational opportunities to eradicate illiteracy 2. Providing literacy opportunities for individuals with special needs. 3. Improving the quality of educational services in literacy programs 4. Providing this group with varied informal educational opportunities 5. Preparing teachers and ensuring their further professional development 6. Improving the returns of vocational training 7. Implementing a media campaign over the plan period. |
