The Minister of Education holds a meeting to discuss the activation of support groups at the beginning of the second semester
Today, Dr. Reda Hegazy, Minister of Education and Technical Education, held a meeting with a number of the ministry's leaders and directors of educational directorates in the governorates of "Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Sharkia, and Dakahlia", to discuss mechanisms for activating school support groups during the coming period in all governorates, simultaneously. With the beginning of the second semester.
The Minister directed the directors of the educational directorates to take the necessary measures so that the "support groups" in schools become an attractive factor for our students, explaining that halls for these groups will be equipped in a specific number of schools within each educational department to receive students, and to choose the best distinguished teachers to teach various subjects. In support groups, especially for preparatory and secondary school certificates, while transportation classes will take place inside schools.
Dr. Reda Hegazy explained that the decision regarding support groups will be applied to all governorates during the coming period, noting that the Minister of Finance agreed to pay teachers’ dues on a regular basis, after deducting the state’s right represented in taxes, provided that financial and administrative committees are formed by educational departments. And under the supervision of each of the directors of the directorates and educational departments, to avoid any problems that the support groups may face.
The minister confirmed that the support groups will be carried out according to high educational quality, as one of the plans of the Ministry of Education and Technical Education to reduce the burden on parents.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Ahmed Al-Mohammadi, Assistant Minister for Directorate Affairs, Dr. Randa Shaheen, Head of the Central Administration for Public Education, Dr. Akram Hassan, Head of the Central Administration for Curriculum Development, Mr. Saeed Siddig, Head of the Central Administration for Strategic Administration, Mr. Ayman Musa, Director of the Directorate of Education in Cairo, and Mr. Ashraf Salouma, Director Directorate of Education in Giza, Dr. Arabi Abu Zaid, Director of the Directorate of Education in Alexandria, Mr. Nasser Shaaban, Director of the Directorate of Education in Dakahlia, and Mr. Mohamed Fouad Al-Rashidi, Director of the Directorate of Education in Sharkia, and a number of the ministry’s leaders.