The Minister of Education and the First Vice President of JICA honor the third batch of internationally accredited tokatsu trainers
Dr. Reda Hegazy, Minister of Education and Technical Education, handed over certificates to the third batch of 16 tokatsu trainers, in the presence of Sachiko Emoto, First Vice President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), bringing the total number of certified trainers to 38 certified trainers.
During the meeting with a delegation of JICA representatives, Dr. Reda Hegazy expressed his happiness at participating in the graduation of a new batch of tokatsu trainers after their accreditation, noting that under the “Egyptian-Japanese Partnership in Education” agreement, to benefit from Japan’s successful experience in general and technical education. The national project is supported to develop education and improve the school environment, in accordance with the state’s directives, with the aim of sound socialization of the Egyptian child and building his personality, which increases his passion for science, order, and cleanliness, and increases his self-confidence and teamwork, which represents a qualitative shift in the Ministry’s strategy for developing education.
The minister pointed out that 51 Japanese schools have been operated in Egypt and it is targeted to reach 100 schools, in addition to activating tokatsu activities within 30 existing government schools, in addition to activating the basic package of tokatsu activities for more than 400 schools, and 350 school principals have been trained, from During Mr. President’s initiative “1000 School Principals” on school administration in the Japanese system to expand their awareness and knowledge, in cooperation with the General Administration for Educational Leadership Affairs.
The Minister stressed the importance of training the human element for expansion and sustainability, as the focus is on field training within schools, to ensure sustainability and preserve the original identity of the Japanese system applied in Egypt.
The Minister continued that in the Ministry’s effort to make this experiment a success, to preserve the identity and philosophy of Japanese education, and to ensure the application of the Tokatsu philosophy as is practiced in Japan and the importance of sustaining human resource development, and to preserve the basic Tokatsu philosophy, the mechanism of practical application and activities were implemented in their correct sense for those in charge of them. Through training of trainers and teachers.
On the Japanese side, the celebration was attended by representatives of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) office in Cairo, a representative from the Japanese Embassy in Cairo, in addition to a number of Japanese and Egyptian experts participating in the evaluation and accreditation.
From the Ministry’s side, Ms. Nevin Hamouda, Advisor to the Minister for Strategic Relations and Supervisor of Egyptian-Japanese Schools, and Dr. Rabab Zidane, Director General of the General Administration for Educational Leadership Affairs, attended.