Kuwaiti students top list of foreign students in Egypt, says Dr Kamal

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 16: Head of the Expatriate Sector in the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education Dr Rasha Kamal said Kuwaiti students top the list of international students in Egypt in the new academic year, reports Al-Qabas daily.

Kamal informed the daily that the ministry is recording daily statistics to determine the number of foreign students in Egypt. She revealed the statistics showed that Kuwait topped the list of Arab, African and foreign countries with high number of students enrolled in Egyptian public and private universities; as well as institutes and Al-Azhar University where medical faculties are the top choices, followed by the faculties of law, engineering and education.

So far; about 6,000 Kuwaiti students have registered in Egyptian universities through the Study in Egypt initiative and about 5,000 have been nominated – 3,311 of whom have already enrolled and paid fees, Kamal disclosed.

She affirmed the Study in Egypt initiative provides opportunities and facilitates procedures for international students, including Kuwaitis, such as automating all procedures, electronic payment services, and equivalency of certificates.

The initiative also provides some services to ease procedures for studying in Egypt, including the mechanisms implemented by Egyptian universities like the hybrid education system, which allows actual and virtual attendance in classes in light of the Corona pandemic, she concluded.

The Kuwait-based Global Charity Association for Development, Tanmeia, have completed building a 40-unit housing compound for displaced Yemenis in Marib.

The homes, which are solar-powered, each contain two bedrooms, a toilet and a yard, the charity’s director Raed Ibraheem said on Thursday.