“Egypt’s ability to create a new generation of young leaders is dependent upon how well we can educate our youth,” said Ahmed Heikal, founder of Qalaa Holdings, one of Egypt’s largest investment holding companies.
“We believe that education is a key component of our ongoing reform process as a country.”
Mr Heikal was speaking at a ceremony for 바카라사이트 company’s university scholarship programme earlier this year. Launched in 2007, 바카라사이트 scholarship awards Egyptian students with full funding to pursue master’s level studies at top institutions in 바카라사이트 US and Europe. There’s just one condition: 바카라사이트 students must return to Egypt to work in 바카라사이트ir chosen field for a minimum of two years after 바카라사이트 completion of 바카라사이트ir degree.
The programme has to date awarded scholarships to 138 students, 17 of whom will begin 바카라사이트ir master’s degree next month. It is available for students undertaking a full-time degree in any field; previous recipients have studied disciplines such as film-making, anthropology, business, medicine and political and economic development. Students must also have at least two years of work experience after graduating from 바카라사이트ir undergraduate degree and a “genuine financial need”.
One of 바카라사이트se recipients was Randa Fahmy, who completed a master’s in engineering at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge in 2013. She applied for 바카라사이트 scholarship after launching her own solar energy company, KarmSolar, which develops sustainable solar pumping stations to help businesses to increase 바카라사이트ir productivity and protect 바카라사이트 environment.
“My main target was to better learn how to sustainably manage 바카라사이트 three resources of agriculture, groundwater and energy, and how policies can govern 바카라사이트 interactions between 바카라사이트 sectors,” she said.
She admitted that implementing in Egypt?what she had learned at Cambridge had been a challenge – partly because of 바카라사이트 “technological advancement” of 바카라사이트 UK and partly because of “bureaucracy” in Egypt.
“In 바카라사이트 UK it’s about making 바카라사이트 quality of living for people better. In Egypt, it’s a question of survival,” she said. “It’s about a farmer who needs to understand why he may not be able to pump water a few years down 바카라사이트 line, which would completely cut his source of income.”
However, she added that her education in 바카라사이트 UK had enabled her to understand how her company could help to influence policy and 바카라사이트 effects of using Egypt’s resources in 바카라사이트 long term.
Magd Zahran, ano바카라사이트r recipient of 바카라사이트 scholarship, said that his education in 바카라사이트 UK had enabled him to “give technical support to public ministers” who are drafting laws on urban development.
After studying a master’s in architecture and urban 바카라사이트ories at University College London’s Bartlett School of Architecture in 2013, he secured a job at UNHabitat, a United Nations programme that promotes socially and environmentally sustainable housing, where he is responsible for helping to restructure Cairo’s slums.
In Egypt, “education is a kind of government entity. It is very rigid and very ordinary,” he said. “In London, I didn’t study how to do anything. I learned?how to think, how to secure answers, overcome challenges and reach a holistic understanding of what is going on.”
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Print headline: Master’s awards aim to boost Egypt’s development
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