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Al-Azhar professor dismissed over ‘indecency’
Professor asked students to take off trousers in to get full grade

Egypt halts trial online exams after severe problems
The Ministry of Education announced on Monday that online trial exams for the first secondary stage have been halted after students from all over the country complained about the lagging server. Students were supposed to take a biology exam via an online server where they would use their electronic tablets to answer the questions. However, …

Ministry of Education offers free internet cards to first secondary students to reform learning
Aim is to access digital knowledge bank outside schools, students to perform online exams

Hug’s issue: progressive approach or parental authority?
“I believe it is small victory that we should appreciate. Al-Tayeb saved students’ educational futures,” says El-Saed

Health, Education ministries launch campaign for detecting anaemia, stunting, obesity among students
Campaign will last till 20 December, provides students with free medication

“Together We Rise”: student initiative to redecorate Al-Waili district
“Together We Rise” is a student initiative aims to decorate Al-Waili district through colouring its walls and drawing graffiti and murals on them

Primarily results of #IAmAgainstBullying campaign revealed 70% of interacting students to be males
Results come after two weeks of campaign launch

‘Nafham’ launches new service allowing online communication between teachers, students
Platform has curricula of Ministry of Education throughout all grades

Ain Shams University discriminated against students with special needs, minister pledges to sue person at fault
‘We are against discrimination against special-needs students preventing them from joining university at any level,’ says Heba Hagras

Six teenagers summoned to UK court over Egyptian student’s death
Egyptian girl repeatedly assaulted by group of girls dies while in coma

Students narrate ongoing thanaweya amma exams ‘nightmare’
This year’s exams season started on Sunday, expected to end in July

3.031m students enrolled in higher education in 2016/2017
The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed on Sunday that the total number of students enrolled in higher education increased by 2.1% to reach 3.031 million students during the 2016/2017 academic year, up from 2.969 million students in 2015/2016. According to CAPMAS’ annual bulletin of enrolled students and faculty staff members in …

Back to school slogan loses its luster this year
Floating the pound, lower purchase value, and the feast puts the Egyptian family in a dilemma

Al-Sisi launches 4 new invention awards on Science Day
President orders new fund to sponsor young inventors, says research expenditure increased in 3 years

17 Ughyur students of Al-Azhar released following security check: university president
Security forces discovered that a number of Chinese Uyghur students were residing illegally in Egypt, which “some people interpreted as targeting”

Security official denies “targeting” Uyghur students in Egypt
ECRF said that 12 Uyghur students were deported to China, while at least 80 were arrested

Al-Azhar denies arrest of Uyghur students “on campus”
An alleged video of handcuffed Azhar students from Turkestan was circulated on social media earlier

Rising number of beneficiaries of school feeding programme for 500,000 students: minister
During the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ceremony, which was held on Sunday, the Minister of International Cooperation, Sahar Nasr, stated that the government consults all of the involved parties in order to support the poorest villages in Egypt. She added UNICEF responded to the Egyptian call for intensifying its support for the poorest …

NBE and e-finance contract with 14 public universities to collect students’ tuition fees electronically: Abu ElFotouh
205,000 students are using prepaid cards in order to achieve financial inclusion and to reduce cash dealings in markets, says Hegazy

Red Sea islands case brings new defendants to court in Beheira
The case has also raised controversy due to the Education Ministry’s altering of academic books, amid an ongoing political and judicial dispute

Engage: filling in the gap between government’s failure and the underprivileged’s needs
These students are the only hope we have left, says founder

Violations of academic freedoms continued in 2015/2016: AFTE
Students faced security measures, suspension in issues related to freedom of expression

Jailed Brotherhood member’s high-scoring daughter denied praise by Education Ministry
The Education Ministry denies that they ignored the student, who has stated that she considers current regime ‘oppressive’

Thanaweyya amma results announced, 75.7% succeed
Students to start applying for universities next Thursday

Thanaweyya amma exams end, leaks continue
Answers were leaked during the exams

In Video: Students rise up against educational system
https://youtu.be/j71yEH2i_Gs Video by Mahmoud Nasr Editing by Omar Korashi

In Cartoon: The fate of Thanaweya Amma Students
In Pictures: Students protest exam delays at Press Syndicate
Reports of the religious studies exam leak surfaced Wednesday morning

Students gather at Press Syndicate to protest exam delays
Reports of the religious studies exam leak surfaced Wednesday morning, while the Ministry of Education continued to deny the authenticity of the leaked exams

Religious studies exam reportedly leaked, angry students call for more protests
On Monday, hundreds of students gathered outside the ministry’s headquarters to call for Minister El-Helaly El-Sherbiny’s immediate dismissal