Date of source: Sunday, June 15, 2008
Watani interviewed a Christian woman who received an MA in education from Ayn Shams university and is now a teaching fellow in the Arabic department at the university.
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2008
In 2002 the Ministry of Education introduced the subject ’ethics and values’ into the curriculum, however in recent years it have received substantial criticism and now seems to be on the way out.
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2008
The article reports on the bitterly-contested conflict between the government and secular opposition powers in Turkey over a recent constitutional amendment to end the ban on wearing the hijāb in universities.
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2008
A university student suffered when he was caught up in a dispute between two university faculty members.
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
The article discusses the flaws in the education system in Egypt. The author believes that concerns about education are divided into two camps; those that are worried about the physical and logistical aspects of the problem and those that are more worried about the educational process. The author...
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
Hānī Labīb calls to create a new program in the Egyptian educational process to be focused on educating pupils and students of all educational levels on the rights and duties related to elections.
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2008
The article discusses the two year old case of a student at Minya University who was discriminated against and the university did nothing to resolve the issue. In an unprecedented move the head of department then handed in his resignation as a sign of his outrage toward the university.
Date of source: Sunday, January 13, 2008
A student who graduated from Assiut University in 2006 hoped to be offered a permanent position at the university but the university decided not to appoint him. Moreover, when he applied to do a PhD he was told that he had been rejected because there were not enough supervisors. The author of the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2007
Youssef Sidhom discusses bias in the Egyptian university system. Using one student as an example of the larger problems inherent in the system, the author discusses the presence of unjust practices that turn Egyptian “universities into fiefdoms the residents of which are either lords or slaves.”
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2007
The following article presents the case of a young woman, Inas Fakhri Faragallah Girgis, who’s request to continue with her Masters degree have repeatedly been postponed, despite first having been approved by her university’s Faculty of Law.