The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) hosted a discussion on “The Future of Teachers in Egypt” on October 5, marking World Teachers’ Day.
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4 Aug 2026
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“I applied, my papers were accepted, and I was given an exam date in December at the Central Agency for Organization and Administration. I traveled, took the exam, and thank God, when the results came out, I had passed. Then our names were announced in the directorates, and we were given a date for pedagogical training. They told us we would start work in the second term.
21 Apr 2024
Egypt is grappling with a significant crisis in the number of teachers and their poor salaries, whether those with permanent, temporary or freelance contracts. The shortage in the number of teachers in Egypt is estimated at tens of thousands. According to the current minister of education, Reda Hegazy, 20,000 teachers are needed annually to fill the deficit, while many teachers retire due to reaching retirement age.
