"Taaleem Magany" Free Education _ a view on Education in Egypt {The Egyptian Explained}

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"Taaleem Magany" free education, this is a short sentence referring most of the time to the low-quality education system offered by the government. There is a sentence in one of the Egyptian movies "in Europe and developed countries" so in Europe and developed countries, most of the education services are almost free of charge because they are basic services and for the side note that primary education is a human right. Primary and elementary education is a human right, but this perception could be adopted differently from one place to the other. There is no doubt that the educational system suffers from a lot of challenges and difficulties and that with its branding as free, is, in fact, not entirely free. The majority or anyone with financial capabilities will search for seemingly better education related to his affordable price tag. In Egypt, and some could argue abroad as well, there is a simple equation dictates price = quality. Even later on, few if none will test the educational background but the majority will be satisfied with a mere prestige name. There is a trust that a qualified educational background will result in a better human academic and personal abilities as advertised.

Sadly though, education whether schools, universities or any other educational entities are not standalone entities. They are the reflection of the wider surroundings in the country and they reflect the national educational trauma differently depending on the social class, price tag or simply the national politics. while so many basic studies conducted on the bad and horrible presuming after-taste of the national educational system. There is a need to report the wonderful over the moon experience of the paid educational system. Are there differences? of course? Would the overcharged fees for education be worth it later on? Maybe. Again, are there similarities? shockingly, yes!

I am writing this article and there were two incidents representing different educational levels but reflects the crisis this country is passing through. The two reports for the judgmental ethical people are from two different privately held educational institutions. The first was a playground school fight between two girls where each presumed the other started the fight resulting in hospital admission. The fight was witnessed by the other students with cameras and there was no supervision from the administration. Not to mention, the cursing crossed all the social red flags also caught on camera. The other was from the administration of the AUC which threw the enrolled students out of the dorms after the suspension of all the USAID scholarships covering their tuition fees.

Both entities were criticized and lots of alternatives to deal with the mentioned situations were offered. The two incidents took place in a short period between each other. This marks as an alarming wakeup call to just come by this thought around the discrepancies between the public and private education system. Even if the well-off families turned their back to the national nasty educational system, the fact is education is an overarching approach that includes more than a building. Private education could give someone the opportunity to hone their potential and pave an easy way for a better life but life experiences past the mere education shows a lot more on life chances.

The look towards private and public education changes over years. In the past 10, 20 or even 30 or more years, the majority was schooled publicly when there was a better quality of education existing in some of the private schools nowadays. The ones who once enrolled in private schools were perceived as students with learning challenges since they did not admit in public schools. foreign schools were for the few and they were not an issue because there was a bare minimum quality of education available in public schools. There was no over-dose of educational entities privatization. The educational businesses started to boom later with the deficiency of numbers in the available educational entities and the deterioration in the quality of education. At first, there were considered better alternative educational entities but later their quality began to go downhill, still better than the more deteriorated suffering negligence public educational entities.

Currently, like most other paid services, private schools with its various levels have become a ticket or way to find a specific community more than a well-qualified education. The situation developed to the fact of categorizing the private entities because not all private entities are the same. On the link between education and job market, some companies which adopt the same stratification find it an easier criterion to hire graduates from specific educational entities regardless of the actual skills gained or any other abilities.

Education as untainted true-life education is a mindset and set of values to be examined in life encounters. The socio-economic in Egypt could have another opinion but education is education. It is a need, right and demand. At the end, "It takes a whole village to raise a child "African Proverb"