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8200 8TRADE MISSION TO CANADAWord from the CEBCChairmanTowards Education ReformEgypt's recently adopted economic reform program is directlylinked to education development policies. The EgyptianGovernment has obviously placed education on top of the country’spriorities during the last decade. This was embodied in consideringeducation as Egypt’s giant national project, which aimed atreinforcing education reform considerably and comprehensivelythrough adopting an ambitious program that includes theestablishment of modernized schools, the reforming, and equipmentof the existing universities, the continuous improvement of curricula,and the introduction of developed educational technology.Egypt has always persisted that Education is a Human Right forevery citizen, having "Education for All" as the main nationaleducation motto and educational goal. For achieving this goal,Egypt’s education quantitative and qualitative approaches shouldbe enhanced up to the international standards. It is not a novelproposition that improving quality of education involves a financialinvestment that includes improving research facilities, andenhancing teaching and research capacities particularly in the ageof information and communication.The recently implemented privatization program of sectors thatwere traditionally owned by the state would definitely lead to an6