Chinese Government provides RMB 66.1 million grant for educational equipment for the Egyptian-Chinese School for Applied Technology at Suez Canal University

On July 21, 2019 the Chinese Ambassador to Egypt, Liao Liqiang, the Egyptian Ministers of Investment and International Cooperation, Sahar Nasr, and Higher Education, Khaliid Jaafar, signed an exchange of letters in Cairo for the funding of educational equipment at the Egyptian-Chinese School for Applied Technology at Suez Canal University. According to the Ministry of International Cooperation, the grant amounted to RMB 66.1 million. The objective of the Egyptian-Chinese School for Applied Technology is described as to link industry outputs to the educational process, provide skilled technical labor required for the job market in order to meet it needs, and create education curricula based on the needs of the job market and industry requirements. It also aims to send faculty members and administrators to the Egyptian Chinese College in cooperation with the Misr El Kheir Foundation. According to the Chinese Embassy in Egypt, this is the first time that China and Egypt have carried out vocational and technical education together through the running of a school. As of July 2022, there is no evidence to confirm that the equipments has been delivered.

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The Arabic name of the school is للكلية المصرية الصينية بجامعة قناة السويس. The Chinese name of the project is 苏伊士运河大学埃中应用技术学院设备项目. As of July 2022, there is no evidence to confirm that the equipments has been delivered.

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