Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced that Egypt currently plans to have a total of 125 universities in 2032, bridging the current gap between the population and the universities at the rate of one university per million people. During the inauguration of King Salman University in Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday, Sisi said that the new universities follow international specifications and standards. “The population of Egypt has now reached 100 million, and we have 72 universities, which means we need 28 universities to bridge the gap between the population and universities,” Sisi said. Sisi stressed that the government aims to build universities with international specifications and standards, to provide education at the highest level and link it to the labor market so that a university graduate be ensured job opportunities. “We have 30,000 Egyptian students studying abroad, and this is a financial burden on their families, in addition to the health conditions that the world is currently going through due to the coronavirus pandemic, and we aim for some of them return to study in Egypt,” Sisi added.

Source: Egypt Independent October 31, 2020 12:45 UTC