Egyptian Minister of Education, Dr. Ahmed Gamal Moussa, refused to remove the 30 years of Mubarak's rule from the history curriculum for Egyptian schools. He said he is willing to reduce the content of the era, and that his Ministry has commissioned a number of history teachers to develop the content of history books. The Minister participated in the dialogue held by the National Council for the Youth that was attended by the Minister of Communications, Dr. Maged Osman, and a number of the Egyptian youth. Moussa said during the dialogue that his Ministry will assign to schools more than half a million teachers by the end of this year. He also pointed out that the council of ministers agreed to increase allocations to the Ministry of Education in the new fiscal budget, which will be approved in the coming days. There are a number of villages in Egyptian provinces that do not have primary schools, affecting in turn the rate of education for the girls in these villages, said Moussa. Moussa also said that kindergarten is an important and necessary part in the educational system of any country. He said the Ministry of Education signed an agreement with the World Bank for a grant from the European Union and Canada to increase the rate of children who attend kindergarten. Moussa stressed the importance of the role of teachers in nurseries, especially at such a critical age. Amani Salah, one of the conference attendees, criticized the Ministry of Education on the grounds that it does not defend the image of teachers in the media. Osman said the revolution's success is what created many of the challenges that Egypt is currently facing. Coming up with ways of solving these problems will take a lot of time, he said. According to Osman, institutional change is the most important challenge the current government faces.
