Many Egyptian students, both undergraduates and graduates, leave their hometown in a quest for a different future—one they failed to find in Egypt. There are a variety of reasons why an overseas education is a tempting prospect for young Egyptians, a reality that a recent and notable increase in the Egyptian student diaspora confirms. Almost 20 percent of Egyptian youth aged between 15 and 29 expressed their desire to live abroad, according to a 2014 survey conducted by the Egyptian Center for Population in cooperation with the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). More recently, various studies have pointed to various strong student Egyptian bodies extant abroad, namely in the US and Europe. Recent UNESCO figures insinuate that the number of students from Egypt travelling abroad to study has almost tripled in the past decade—16,709 Egyptian students were studying abroad in 2012, while 47, 243 Egyptian students studied abroad in 2022. The reasons as to why, are many. The educational exodus According to a report by the Global knowledge Index in 2021, Egypt’s position moved from 83rd to 72nd in the pre-university education sector. Similarly, Egypt also placed…
Education Exodus: Does Studying Abroad Really Guarantee a Better Future for Egypt’s Youth?
March 5, 2023
