After receiving various offers from various international tech companies, Egypt will has accepted Samsung’s offer to supply one million educational tablets for the 2018-2019 academic year at a cost of EGP 2.4 billion. As per Al-Ahram, one tablet would cost around $80 (1400) and it would be delivered in the next coming days in order to be used by first year secondary education students. The arrival of the tablets is also significant as they are needed for Egypt’s new educational curriculum where students’ exams will be digitized. They are also perceived as an incentive for school participation which teachers will use to attentively record the absence of students from schools electronically; students who have exceeded the allowed number of absences will not be permitted to receive their exams on the tablets. In July, the Minister of Education Dr. Tarek Shawki outlined the features of the new educational system, which will be implemented this month, beginning with kindergarten and primary school. Dr Tarek Shawki highlighted that the new system aims to move away from the superficial approach to understanding and indoctrination to the development of important skills, problem solving and creativity such…
Samsung Will Give Egypt One Million Tablets for Upcoming Academic Year
September 5, 2018
