Equality of Opportunity in Education and Training - Education Laws - Egypt

Law No. 139 of 1981 (Education)

The act grants the right to eight years of free elementary education to all Egyptian children from the age of six. It obliges the State to make provisions for this right and the parent or guardians to implement the obligation, in accordance with relevant international instruments. Penalties for any infringement of the provisions of the Law by the parents or the guardians, irrespective of whether the child is male or female, are stipulated under article 19.

Law No. 8 of 1991 (Education)

The law declares adult education and the eradication of illiteracy to be national objectives, binding upon all States institutions. Article 2 defines the goal as promoting literacy up to the first elementary level of basic education