teachers
Teachers call for strike as school year rolls to a start
Egypt
September 13, 2011
Teachers call for strike as school year rolls to a start
Several teachers’ movements on Tuesday called for a mass rally next Monday in protest of Prime Minister Essam Sharaf’s "disregard…
Teachers escalate protests in several governorates
Egypt
September 11, 2011
Teachers escalate protests in several governorates
Teachers continued to protest in several governorates for the second day in a row, demanding better salaries and working conditions.…
Hundreds protest to elect university deans, increase research funding
Egypt
September 11, 2011
Hundreds protest to elect university deans, increase research funding
Nearly 700 teaching staff from several Egyptian universities protested on Sunday outside the cabinet building in downtown Cairo, demanding the…
Fifty-two education movements to protest next Wednesday
Egypt
September 2, 2011
Fifty-two education movements to protest next Wednesday
Fifty-two education movements and associations announced Friday they would participate in a "teacher's demonstration" scheduled for next Wednesday, 10 September…
Kuwait to recruit Egyptian teachers in July
Egypt
May 30, 2011
Kuwait to recruit Egyptian teachers in July
A Kuwaiti education official said the Kuwait Education Ministry has agreed to form committees to hire Egyptian and Tunisian teachers…
2 killed and others injured after car falls off bridge
Egypt
April 18, 2011
2 killed and others injured after car falls off bridge
Two people were killed and two injured on Monday after a car fell off the 6th of October Bridge into…
Poor education squeezes Egypt’s growth
Egypt
October 6, 2010
Poor education squeezes Egypt’s growth
Sawsan Gomaa, 18, thought memorizing vocabulary and grammar from the ministry textbook would be enough to ace Egypt's yearly national…
September to witness first popular trial of education minister
Egypt
August 22, 2010
September to witness first popular trial of education minister
The Independent Teachers Syndicate will hold the first popular trial, a mock court proceeding, of the Minister of Education on…
Teachers demonstrate over proctors’ deaths
Egypt
June 28, 2010
Teachers demonstrate over proctors’ deaths
The founding committee of the Independent Teachers Syndicate staged a protest on Monday in front of the Education Ministry building…
Thursday’s papers: Mubarak ‘hopes’, Saeed chokes, teachers die
Egypt
June 24, 2010
Thursday’s papers: Mubarak ‘hopes’, Saeed chokes, teachers die
State-owned Al-Ahram headlines its front-page with a quote from President Mubarak, stating: “There is no cause for concern over Nile…