Official sources at the Ministry of Education and Technical Education have resolved the controversy surrounding what was reported regarding an intention to reduce the curriculum in the second semester or allocate parts of it for information only, stressing that this news is incorrect and baseless.
No decisions to reduce or redistribute curricula
The sources confirmed that the Ministry did not issue any official decisions related to reducing the curriculum or redistributing its academic content. It also categorically denied what was rumored about the formation of specialized committees to determine parts of the academic curricula for viewing only for students in the transfer and middle school classes.
Rumors related to weather fluctuations
The sources explained that these rumors coincided with unstable weather conditions, and the accompanying repeated decisions to suspend studies in a number of governorates, which contributed to linking these vacations to the possibility of reducing curricula, which is not true.
Disruption of study during the past days
In the same context, the educational process witnessed during recent days a series of decisions to suspend studies, as it was suspended on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, and the Ministry of Education also announced the suspension of studies last Wednesday nationwide due to bad weather conditions.
Disrupting studies in 19 governorates
The Ministry also left the freedom to make the decision to suspend classes today, Thursday, to the governors according to the assessment of the weather situation in each governorate, which resulted in the suspension of classes in 19 governorates, which included: Cairo, Giza, Beni Suef, Sharkia, New Valley, Matrouh, Fayoum, Dakahlia, Port Said, Menoufia, Qalyubia, Damietta, Ismailia, Qena, Kafr El-Sheikh, Assiut, Minya, Gharbia, and Sohag.
Government coordination to confront weather fluctuations
The concerned authorities confirmed that these decisions came within the framework of complete coordination between the Ministries of Education and Local Development, within the state’s proactive plan to deal with unstable weather phenomena, in a way that ensures the safety of students and workers in the educational system.
