Minister of Education meets Director-General of UNESCO Regional Center for Quality

Mr. Mohamed Abdel Latif, Minister of Education and Technical Education, met with Dr. Abdulrahman bin Ibrahim Al-Mudaris, Director-General of UNESCO Regional Center for Quality and Excellence in Education, to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in the pre-university education sector, on the sidelines of the 14th Conference of Arab Ministers of Education, held in the Qatari capital, Doha, during the period January 5-7, 2025.

The meeting was attended by Dr. Ayman Bahaa, Deputy Minister, and Dr. Ahmed Al-Muhammadi, Assistant Minister for Strategic Planning and Follow-up.

Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif reviewed the Ministry's efforts to advance the education system in its various aspects in parallel with the implementation of effective mechanisms and solutions, according to available capabilities, to address student densities and teacher shortages and enhance ways to attract students to schools and support teachers.

In this context, Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif stressed that the Egyptian state places the education file and upgrading the education system at the top of its priorities, believing that the advancement of the country and achieving sustainable development begins with harnessing all capabilities to develop the education system and develop students' capabilities.

For his part, Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Ibrahim Al-Mudaris stressed the nature of the center's work and its efforts directed at Arab countries, expressing the center's keenness to continue enhancing means of cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Education and supporting its efforts to advance the education system.

The meeting witnessed discussions on aspects of cooperation in the fields of training and developing teachers' capabilities, applying the Arab model for quality and excellence in education, exchanging experiences, enhancing the quality of early childhood institutions, supporting lifelong learning, and engaging with the international team concerned with teachers, in addition to holding twinning meetings concerned with enhancing the implementation of various aspects of cooperation.

At the end of the meeting, Dr. Abdul Rahman bin Ibrahim Al-Mudaris was keen to present some of the center's various publications of reference frameworks and regional research studies to Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif, where the minister appreciated the center's role regionally, stressing his keenness to benefit from all the center's efforts through various means of cooperation.