By Nourhan Magdi, The Cairo Post “I received a phone call telling me that my son died after the school’s gate fell on him,” said Sultan Zaki, the father of 7-year-old Youssef, who was killed Sunday in Marsa Matrouh by what was reported by media as “negligence” at schools. Youssef’s death raised concerns and fears among parents, according to media outlets, as a separate but similar incident has already been reported this school year. On Sunday, Zaki headed to the school to find his son laying beside the gate that struck him on the head and killed him instantly, Zaki told the “10 O’clock” TV show Sunday. The gate needed maintenance, “and we (the parents of students) had contributed and collected 400 EGP ($55) to fix the gate last year, but it broke down again this year,” he said. Negligence and lack of maintenance at Egyptian schools was admitted by Ministry of Education spokesperson Hani Kamal to Youm7 Monday, as he referred to a “large legacy of disasters and 50,000 dilapidated schools that cannot be repaired overnight.” Also, Ministry of Education Matrouh Deputy Safey el-Din al-Mawhoub said in a phone…
