President El-Sisi Meets the Prime Minister and the Minister of Higher Education
Yesterday, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister, Dr. Moustafa Madbouly, and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Ayman Ashour. The meeting was also attended by Advisor to the President for Health and Prevention Affairs, Dr. Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din, and Chairman of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority, Major General Ahmed Al-Azzazi.
Spokesman for the Presidency, Counselor Ahmad Fahmy, said the President was offered an overview on work progress in the upgrading of Ain Shams University Hospitals area and its transformation into an international medical city in the heart of Cairo, in light of the difficulties and challenges this area has experienced for years, which resulted in lower levels of services being given to the citizens. This was the case before the President’s decision to develop this area and transform it into a high-level medical city, by establishing new and advanced medical and administrative infrastructure, creating an attractive work environment, enhancing the appearance of the public site, eliminating random gatherings, automating the hospitals of the medical city, and deepening digital transformation in their work methods.
President El-Sisi gave directives to exert intensive efforts to fully complete this huge and significant national project, and to ensure the sustainability of its operation, maintenance and management at the highest level. This aims to achieve the state’s objective to provide outstanding medical services to all Egyptians in a tangible and sustainable manner, improve the medical scientific research environment and enhance Egypt’s role as a scientific and medical beacon in the region.
The meeting discussed the dossier of higher education and its improvement, which has witnessed significant progress across multiple levels. This included the increase of the number of universities in the past few years from 49 universities in 2014 to 92 universities this year, whether public, private, technological or non-profit universities in addition to branches of foreign universities. In this regard, the President reiterated the importance of this sector in strengthening the connection between Egypt’s young students and new graduates and the rapid and progressive development in sciences, technology and communications of the present time, so that Egyptian students effectively contribute to the process of producing knowledge and to placing Egypt on the regional and international map of higher education and scientific research.
