Edexcel holds training session in Cairo

Edexcel, a leading provider of internationally recognised academic and professional qualifications, held a training event recently at the Integrated Technical Education Cluster of Ameeria in Cairo.

It discussed the salient features of UK education and its relevance to the Egyptian education sector.

Jailan Gamal El Din, regional development manager – applied learning, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Edexcel said: “The objective of the event was to share key information with the Egyptian ministry teachers and professors. We sought to familiarise the education sector in Egypt about the UK credit and qualifications framework (QCF) and what this means for them as well as to review the results of introducing this framework in the UK.”

The conference also focused on what moving to the credit rated QCF specification means in terms of structure and rules of combination as well as understanding the implications for existing learners, explore approaches to assessment, including assignment writing, student motivation, and achievement.

The key to modernise the education system in Egypt is to provide the right education that nurtures the skills of the fresh graduates and more importantly to bridge the gap between the knowledge obtained through formal education and actual skills required by employers in Egypt, he said.

Mohammed Megahed and Farid Tolba, both professors at the Edexcel approved Cluster of Ameeria in Cairo, have encouraged students who finished secondary school or its equivalence to apply for the British higher national diploma in engineering at the Egyptian Integrated Technical Education Cluster of Ameeria.