البرامج والأنشطة والمنح الطلابية

For the ninth consecutive year, Education First Foundation, in partnership with Transmar, sponsors the Outstanding Students Program across the country (honoring the top three students in the preparatory certificate from each year in experimental schools in every governorate) under the supervision of the Ministry of Education during the mid-year break.

The program, called “We Are Egypt,” aims to honor outstanding students and develop their personal and practical skills. Students in the program receive personal development training in collaboration with Quest and Abami Global.

They also receive technological skills training with Microsoft Egypt and English language skills training in collaboration with Balanced Education Company. All these companies provide these programs as part of community service projects.

Students participate in a number of public meetings with notable figures in various fields to engage in constructive dialogue that helps build their awareness and create a bridge of communication with youth. At the end of the scholarship, each student receives a laptop gift from Education First and Transmar.

Notably, students conclude their program with a theatrical performance involving all participants to develop teamwork skills and self-confidence through artistic and theatrical activities.

Education First Foundation proudly notes that 964 students have participated in the program over the past eight years, and the scholarship continues annually.

In 2018, the Foundation organized the “Ebharmisr” program, sponsored by Crédit Agricole Development Foundation, to discover and support talented students aged 14 to 18 in science, arts, and technology.

It also includes mathematics and information technology, and contributed to establishing the first online platform in Egypt for discovering talented students.

www.ebharmisr.com

Ebharmisr is a program for gifted students in Egyptian public schools, sponsored by Crédit Agricole Development Foundation and Education First Foundation, supervised by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Social Solidarity, and in partnership with Microsoft Egypt, New Generation International Schools, Abami Global, Pompinevich High School in Florida, the Department of Science and Engineering at the American University in Cairo, and EgyCare. Students receive training in specialized skills for their fields, and the scholarship concludes with a science exhibition, an art exhibition, and a musical theater performance.

Training is provided by experts in science, technology, and arts from global academies and institutions.

The program also aims to discover students’ creative potentials and open more pathways for their talents and projects through various institutions and companies.

It is worth noting that the first art exhibition for Ebharmisr students in the field of painting was held in 2020 at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek and at the Egyptian Opera House.

Over five years, 116 talented students have won the competition across all fields, and a network was established to involve all students in future training courses in their respective fields.

This includes energy and water fields for ages 14 to 18, and 18 to 25 for university students who have not yet graduated. Students submit a preliminary project in the specified fields, and winners receive financial awards in addition to implementing their projects.

Additionally, five annual scholarships are offered to students under a credit-hour system (two in engineering, two in computer science, and one in medicine).

In 2019, a cooperation protocol was signed between Education First Foundation and Al-Suwaidi Foundation for Services and Development to establish Al-Suwaidi School of Applied Technology in Derb Negm, Sharqia Governorate. Education First became the academic partner of Al-Suwaidi Foundation for Services and Development.

Education First’s role includes collaborating with Al-Suwaidi Foundation’s Board of Trustees to set the school’s vision and philosophy, supervising the full preparation of the building (workshops, equipment, furniture, technological infrastructure), establishing admission standards, overseeing written exams in coordination with the Ministry of Education, conducting interviews and medical exams for new students, selecting teachers from inside and outside the ministry, and preparing and supervising a two-week student orientation camp at the Sixth of October Educational City, which includes physical and academic training, educational workshops, and activities and trips throughout the camp.

The foundation also supervises students’ field training, evaluates teachers and administrative staff, and establishes the school’s organizational structure and discipline regulations in coordination with the Ministry of Education.

Education First’s support for Al-Suwaidi School of Applied Technology in Derb Negm, Sharqia Governorate, was a unique experience and the only initiative undertaken by the foundation in vocational education in Egypt, reflecting its belief in the importance of this type of education and its conviction that vocational education is the engine of development in Egypt.