Items related to Ministry of Education

Thanawya Amma: Top students
19 Jul 2011
Ahmed Gamal Eddin Moussa, Egypt's Minister of Education, posing with top Thanawya Amma students during an awarding ceremony, Cairo, July 19, 2011. Interestingly, Egyptian households follow news on Thanawya Amma given thousands of households have kids in Thanawya Amma (senior high). Notably, setting up a ceremony to award top Thanawya Amma students is a Mubarak-era tradition which continues into post-Mubarak Egypt.
Thanaweya Amma: Difficult exam
23 Jun 2011
A student cries after finishing Geology exam, Mansoura, Dakahlya, June 23, 2011. Thanaweya Amma students complain of questions' difficulty across Egypt, and many students have nervous breakdowns.
Ministry of Education
23 Jun 2011
Headquarters of ministry of education.
Ministry of Education
23 Jun 2011
Headquarters of ministry of education.
Protest against removing Mubarak
17 Mar 2011
An Egyptian kising a poster of former president Hosni Mubarak, during a protest organized by scores of citizens against removing Mubarak's era from textbooks, Ministry of Education, Cairo, March 17, 2011. Protesters demanded Minister of Education Ahmed Gamal Eddin Moussa keep Mubarak's era as part of history textbooks by way of a tribute to former president's history.
Egypt revolution: Nationwide protests, sit-ins
14 Feb 2011
Scores of workers at Ministry of Education in protest at ministry, central Cairo, February 14, 2011. As military evacuates protesters who still hold firm in Tahrir Square until all demands are met against solid guarantees, protests of all sorts - including, but are not limited to, police officers (!), bank staff and nurses - erupt nationwide, demanding pay equality and social justice.
Teachers protest in front of Ministry of Education
01 Nov 2010
A protest organized by teachers in front of the Ministry of Education, downtown Cairo, 31 October, 2010. Nearly 300 teachers from the Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, who are paid according to the number of classes given, held their tenth protest in two months. The teachers are protesting against the ministry’s failure to follow through on its promises to set up a contractual system for the teacher’s that would guarantee their monetary and social benefits. The protest was surrounded by heavy security presence which cordoned off the protestors and interfered with reporters work.
Teachers protest in front of Ministry of Education
01 Nov 2010
A protest organized by teachers in front of the Ministry of Education, downtown Cairo, 31 October, 2010. Nearly 300 teachers from the Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, who are paid according to the number of classes given, held their tenth protest in two months. The teachers are protesting against the ministry’s failure to follow through on its promises to set up a contractual system for the teacher’s that would guarantee their monetary and social benefits. The protest was surrounded by heavy security presence which cordoned off the protestors and interfered with reporters work.
Ministry of Education employees protest low wages
20 Oct 2010
A number of Ministry of Education administrative personnel during their protest in front of the Ministry, Cairo, 20 October, 2010, The employees are protesting against their low wages and demanding they receive bonuses and incentives.
Dindeet school student protest continues
03 Oct 2010
A number of Dindeet High School students and their parents continue their protest  in front of the Kafr Miqdaam school for the second day in a row, Mit Ghamr, Dakahliya, 2 October, 2010. The protest comes after a group of thugs broke into the Dindeet school in the absence of security and harassed the female students. The protestors are demanding that the Mit Ghamr educational administration transfers the students to the  Kafr Miqdaam school which is located in their village, particularly since the Dindeet school is located in the middle of farmland far away from any urban settlements.