“Education” cancels the annual increase in fees for private and international schools for the current academic year

Dr. Tariq Shawky, Minister of Education and Technical Education, decided to cancel the annual increase in private school tuition for the current 2020/2021 academic year, due to the conditions that the country is going through as a result of the spread of the new Coronavirus .

The Central Committee for Private Education of the Ministry of Education and Technical Education decided to stop adding a percentage of the increase in education and activity expenses in private schools (Arabic – Languages ​​- International) for the academic year 2020/2021.

This is based on a memorandum submitted to the Office of the Minister of Education, given what the country is currently going through due to the Coronavirus pandemic, which has negatively affected the country’s economy in all its fields, and has even lost many parents due to their jobs or sources of income, especially those working in the private sector between parents. .

The memorandum submitted to the Office of the Minister of Education stated that any increase in the costs of education and activities in private schools in these circumstances would represent a great additional burden on parents.

The memorandum submitted to the Office of the Minister of Education suggested reducing expenses for the 2020/2021 academic year or continuing to collect education and activity expenses in private schools until the final 2019/2020 academic year during the current school year.

Today, the Minister of Education and Technical Education, Dr. Tariq Shawky, published a periodic book for education directorates on the organization of the contractual relationship between school owners and parents.

Dr. Tariq Shawky’s instructions stipulated that “the Ministry of Education and Technical Education is willing to fulfill its duty to organize the contractual relationship between parents of students and owners of private and international schools, within the framework of the laws and regulations that govern this matter and taking into account that students obtain their inherent constitutional right to education. Therefore, all parts of the educational process must comply with the following:

The deadline for paying the overdue amounts of tuition fees owed to schools for the final academic year 2019/2020 is extended to a date no later than 11/15/2020, and in case of non-payment in this date, the student’s name is removed from school records and the procedures for transferring and enrolling the student in a public school are taken with the commitment of the guardian. Pay the sums owed in favor of the school in which he was enrolled.

The term for the payment of the first installment owed to private and international schools for the benefit of the parents of the students for the amounts owed by them for the current academic year 2020/2021 is extended to a date no later than 11/30/2020 , and in case of non-compliance with the payment of the fee, the tutor will be notified after fifteen days from the date. The above, and in case of non-payment, they are warned again after another fifteen days, and in case of non-payment, students are transferred and enrolled in a public school in order to preserve their right to education, with the obligation of the tutor to pay all sums owed to the school in which he was enrolled.

In case of not paying the rest of the expenses of the current academic year, the second semester, the result is retained and the procedures are taken to transfer the student and enroll him in a public school, with the commitment of the tutor to pay the sums owed in favor of the school in which he was enrolled.

And the commitment of all schools not to expose themselves, be it (real or verbal) to the student, taking into account the implementation of all the above without harming the psychological and moral state of the students, taking into account the need for them to enjoy of all legal rights associated with your right to education.

And all the workers of the departments and departments of education and those interested in implementing the above must adhere to quickly start the implementation of what is indicated in the previous clauses, and in case of laxity or delay in implementation, all the legal accountability measures towards them.