According to local media reports, the Ministry of Education has revealed that it is preparing a bill to criminalize private lessons and close the countless of tutoring centers in Egypt. The news was stated by Ahmed Saber, head of the Ministry’s press department, on Sunday. Saber told Al Youm Al Sabe’, an Egyptian media publication,that the decision was sparked by a recent outrage in which a teacher at a private tutoring center in Alexandria was using offensive language directed at students. The incident was caught on camera and has been circulating on social media. The incident will be investigated in the short future, with the teacher possibly facing work suspension and having to answer to the law. Since the start of the new education system in September, there have been delays in the distribution of the new textbooks to several schools, which lead to several complaints by parents. The new education system aims to move away from the superficial way of learning and memorising to learning important skills such as problem solving and creativity. It will do this by removing examinations from first grade to fourth grade and that the goal of…
