EGYPT Higher Education Sector Cooperation Planning Survey in Egypt Scholarship Program FINAL REPORT February 2017 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Registered Non-profit Organization Asia SEED 7R JR 17-002 EGYPT Higher Education Sector Cooperation Planning Survey in Egypt Scholarship Program DRAFT FINAL REPORT Table of Contents Table of Contents...........................................................................................................................i List of Abbreviations.....................................................................................................................v 1. Survey Team and Schedule ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Survey Team ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. Field Survey Schedule .......................................................................................................... 1 1.3. List of Organization visited during domestic survey ............................................................ 2 2. History and Current Situation of Higher Education Sector in Egypt ............................................ 4 2.1 History .................................................................................................................................. 4 2.2 Policy .................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2.1 The Constitution of 2014 .............................................................................................. 4 2.2.2 Egypt Vision 2030 ......................................................................................................... 5 2.2.3 Strategy for Higher Education Development ................................................................ 6 2.3 Education System in Egypt ................................................................................................... 9 2.4 Educational Institutions ...................................................................................................... 10 2.5 Curriculum .......................................................................................................................... 12 2.6 Faculty Members ................................................................................................................ 13 2.7 Study Abroad ...................................................................................................................... 14 2.7.1 Overview of Study Abroad Programs ......................................................................... 14 2.8 Support in Higher Education Sector by Donor Agencies .................................................... 18 2.8.1 Support in Higher Education Sector by JICA ............................................................. 18 2.8.2 Support in Higher Education Sector by Other Donor Agencies .................................. 21 2.9 Other Sectors ....................................................................................................................... 28 2.9.1 Basic Education Sector ............................................................................................... 28 2.9.2 Health Sector ............................................................................................................... 29 3 Challenges of the Higher Education Sector ................................................................................ 31 3.1 Educational System ............................................................................................................. 31 3.1.1 Educational Environment ............................................................................................ 31 3.1.2 Higher Education System and Industry ....................................................................... 31 3.2 Curriculum .......................................................................................................................... 32 iii 3.3 Faculty ................................................................................................................................ 33 3.4 Study Abroad ...................................................................................................................... 33 3.4.1 Basic Education Sector ............................................................................................... 34 3.4.2 Health Sector ............................................................................................................... 35 4 Higher Education Sector in Japan, Current Situation and Issues on Foreign Students (in comparison to European/American Education System) ..................................................................... 37 4.1 Major Policies and Plans of Higher Education in Japan ..................................................... 37 4.2 International Students in Japan ........................................................................................... 38 4.3 Acceptance of Egyptian students in Japan .......................................................................... 39 4.4 Current Situation and Future Prospect of the Joint Research between Egypt and Japan .... 41 5. Project Proposal .......................................................................................................................... 44 5.1 Background and Necessity .................................................................................................. 44 5.1.1 Higher Education Sector ............................................................................................. 44 5.1.2 Basic Education Sector ............................................................................................... 45 5.1.3 Health Sector ............................................................................................................... 47 5.1.4 Egypt-Japan Educational Partnership ......................................................................... 48 5.2 Needs for Study Abroad to Japan in Egypt ......................................................................... 48 5.2.1 Overall Trend .............................................................................................................. 48 5.2.2 Study Abroad and Human Resources Development Needs ........................................ 49 5.2.3 Collaboration with existing JICA project .................................................................... 51 5.3 Capacity of Japanese University / Institution ...................................................................... 52 5.3.1 Degree / Non-degree Study ......................................................................................... 52 5.3.2 Training for Basic Education Sector ........................................................................... 53 5.3.3 Training for Health Sector .......................................................................................... 53 5.4 Project Overview ................................................................................................................ 54 5.5 Project Implementation Structure (Role of each organization and agencies) ..................... 65 5.6 Flow of Program Implementation ....................................................................................... 69 5.7 Project Cost ......................................................................................................................... 72 5.7.1 Cost Estimation ........................................................................................................... 72 5.7.2 Financial Resource ...................................................................................................... 73 5.7.3 Disbursement Procedure ............................................................................................. 74 5.7.4 Risks, considerations and countermeasures in implementing the project ................... 74 5.8 Operation and Effective Indicators ..................................................................................... 75 5.9 Environmental and social considerations, gender consideration......................................... 75 iiii List of Figures Figure 1 Governing Bodies of Higher Education Sector ..................................................... 10 Figure 2 Egyptian higher education institutions (2012-13) ................................................. 11 Figure 3 Career path of faculty members at Egyptian national universities ........................ 14 Figure 4 Trends of Egyptian students studying in Japan (2006-2015） .............................. 39 Figure 5 Host universities of Egyptian students in Japan (as of May, 2015) ...................... 40 Figure 6 Egyptian international students per academic field (May 2015) ........................... 41 Figure 7 Project Implementation Structure .......................................................................... 66 List of Tables Table 1 List of Team Members ............................................................................................ 1 Table 2 Field Survey Schedule ............................................................................................ 1 Table 3 List of Japanese Universities and Institutions Survey Team visited ....................... 2 Table 4 Trend of higher education enrolment in Egypt ....................................................... 12 Table 5 Requirements