Education Minister Orders End to Primary School Evening Shifts Next Year

Egypt’s Minister of Education and Technical Education Mohamed Abdel Latif has directed that all evening shifts at primary schools be eliminated next year.

The directive came as Abdel Latif met with Gharbia Governor Major General Alaa Abdel Moaty at the governorate’s headquarters.

Directors of Gharbia’s education administrations attended the meeting, bringing together the minister, the governor and local education officials.

The instruction concerns primary school schedules. No details were provided on how schools operating evening shifts would make the transition or what arrangements would replace them.