This came in the presence of Mohamed Abdel Latif, Minister of Education and Technical Education, Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Ali El-Sisi, Assistant Minister of Finance for General Budget Affairs, and Ahmed Sayed, Head of the Human Development Budgets Sector at the Ministry of Finance.
Mohamed Abdel Latif stressed that the Ministry seeks to
cooperate with the Ministry of Agriculture and various partners to advance
technical education. The Ministry is also keen to leverage diverse expertise to
achieve its desired goals of graduating students whose abilities match the
various specializations. This is achieved by building bridges of partnership
and cooperation with the private sector, with the aim of raising their
efficiency and capabilities in the field of agricultural development, linking
agricultural education to the actual needs of the labor market, and developing
new professions and specializations that serve the agricultural sector.
He reviewed the Ministry’s efforts to support
agricultural technical schools, within the group of applied schools that the
Ministry is working to develop in cooperation with the private sector. He noted
that partnerships with the private sector and the business sector benefit the
employer through training students scientifically, technically, and
practically, during the years of study, so that they become trained workers
according to its standards and requirements.
Alaa Farouk pointed out that the agricultural
renaissance that Egypt is currently witnessing during the era of President
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi requires agricultural technical workers trained in modern
agricultural techniques, agricultural innovation and irrigation methods, as well
as activities related to livestock, poultry and fish wealth, improving breeds,
organic agriculture, etc. He highlighted that graduates of these schools can be
used in those specializations, in addition to agricultural manufacturing, and
other fields.
He stressed that the Ministry's support for the proposal to cooperate with the private sector in developing and establishing agricultural technical schools. He noted that there is a comprehensive vision for cooperation with the private sector in this field, and that the private sector is interested in cooperating with the government. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a clear vision and framework for this partnership to ensure its successful implementation and move forward.