Part of a series of country reports on post-secondary vocational education and training in OECD and non-OECD countries. Post-secondary VET in Egypt offers many programmes in different specialties and through different types of institutions. There are approximately 108 different technical programmes covering 22 disciplines. In total, Egyptian post-secondary VET and its 68 institutions had 127 440 enrolled students in 2009/2010. Although post-secondary VET could be encouraged to offer more services for some specific groups or purposes (up-skilling, adult education, second chance education, and career shifts) the current institutional and curricula mixture reflects the importance of Egyptian VET for both economic prosperity and social cohesion.

This first chapter places the review of Egypt in the context of the wider OECD policy study of post-secondary VET, presents the structure of the report, describes the main features of the post-secondary VET system in Egypt and examines its opportunities/strengths and challenges. The following chapters advance policy recommendations.

DOI : 10.1787/9789264209626-en