In an effort to support the country’s economic growth plan, Egypt is continuing efforts to expand its skilled workforce, matching educational and training opportunities with the needs of employers through its technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes for advancement.
Since the socialist reform era of the 1950s under President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt has engaged in a decades-long effort to provide equal access to quality education across the country. Now, as Egypt seeks to jumpstart the economy after the political turbulence of recent years, educational reform is to play a vital role in preparing a...
As the Egyptian population grows and the government continues to develop and promulgate legislation to achieve universal health coverage by 2030, there will be an increasing need for services and facilities, presenting widespread opportunities for the provision of goods, services and training in both urban and rural settings. With Egypt seeking to jumpstart its economy after the political...
As Egypt enters 2018, a newly liberalised local currency and the recent implementation of a much-anticipated investment framework have left the country well positioned for continued economic expansion: the IMF expects GDP growth to reach 4.5% in 2018 and accelerate to around 6% over the medium term.
One of Oman’s most pressing challenges is youth unemployment, with new graduates making up a significant portion of the country’s unemployed citizenry. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information, 47% of Omani graduates are currently employed, and it takes roughly two and four years for male and female Omani graduates,...
Oman’s education sector has expanded rapidly since the 1970s, with the total number of schools in the sultanate rising from three in 1970 to 1725 in 2016. The sector is overseen by the Education Council, which was founded in 2012 to streamline all matters pertaining to education development in the country, and which is composed of the country’...
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