Minister of Education and Technical Education Mohamed Abdel Latif has announced an extension of the school week for students across various grades to six days, with five days dedicated to academic studies instead of the previous four, and one day allocated for activities.
These changes will come into effect at the onset of the new academic year 2024/2025, commencing on September 21.
During a press conference with Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Wednesday14/8/2024, Abdel Latif unveiled significant modifications to the entire secondary education phase, including restructuring Thanaweya Amma (Grade 12 of the national high school system) across its three branches: science, mathematics, and literature.
Thanaweya Amma Restructured
Of notable mention, the second foreign language, predominantly French or German, will transition into a pass-fail subject for all three branches instead of being a core subject previously.
Furthermore, geology for the science branch and psychology in the literature branch will be
transformed into pass-fail subjects, while the mathematics branch will see the consolidation of pure and applied mathematics into a singular subject.
Under the new curriculum, students in the three branches will engage in five subjects in the upcoming school year instead of the previous seven, with Arabic and the first foreign language (typically English or French) being shared subjects.
Moreover, the science and mathematics branches will continue to include chemistry and physics, with the science branch also covering biology, the mathematics branch covering math, while the literature branch will continue to include history, geography, besides statistics as a newly introduced subject.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
