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President El-Sisi Meets PM, Minister of Social Solidarity and President's Financial Affairs Advisor

Monday, 26 October 2020 / 05:23 PM

President El-Sisi met with the Prime Minister, Minister of Social Solidarity and the Presidential Advisor for Financial Affairs.

The Spokesman of the Egyptian Presidency stated that the meeting discussed the activities of the Ministry of Social Solidarity with regard to developing children nurseries, encouraging community education and supporting irregular workers.

The Minister of Social Solidarity presented the current system of children nurseries across the Republic, including the percentages of enrolled children and the number of licensed nurseries, which amounts to 14,000 nurseries. The meeting also discussed all the challenges facing the Ministry – such as the existence of unlicensed nurseries that amount to 10,000 – and its efforts to solve these problems effectively. In parallel, the ministry set a plan to setup a full database encompassing all information on nurseries with inputs from all stakeholders. The Ministry’s efforts to develop the current nurseries, construct licensed nurseries in villages and new urban settlements, expand the construction of nurseries supporting children with disabilities.

The President hence issued directives for the issuance of temporary licenses to the unlicensed nurseries till they legalize their presence since the role of nurseries in the community and the development of children from the earliest stages are of enormous importance, making a positive impact during the basic education stage.

The vulnerable families falling into the social safety net will see support – as presented by the Minister – into their children’s education, as the current plan is to broaden the beneficiaries. Other efforts being done by the ministry are to provide headphones for children with auditory disabilities and increase equality among children, within the Takaful and Karama (Solidarity and Dignity) program, having access to basic education.

In addition, His Excellency directed that the educational support programs should also include university freshmen from the families under the “Takaful and Karama” program while increasing the Ministry’s financial resources for these activities by EGP 1 billion to ensure the success of all efforts put into the equality of learning opportunities - in coordination with the Ministry of Education.

Furthermore, as stated by the Spokesman, the meeting touched on a detailed explanation regarding the presidential initiative to start up a fund for supporting all irregular labor with the aim of achieving the fund’s objective towards the targeted groups, the mechanism of operation and funding resources.

Moreover, the efforts executed by the Ministry in training the youth to prepare them for the labor market in cooperation with the private sector were presented to His Excellency, as part of the State’s plan towards development and technical education, which are brought under limelight.

Finally, the Minister shared the recent results of the Ministry in establishing social solidarity units in Egyptian universities. These units aim to provide social protection services, raise community awareness, promote citizenship, organize seminars, and make field trips to the sites of national projects while ensuring the sustainability of financing these services.

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Local 26 October 2020

President El-Sisi Meets PM, Minister of Social Solidarity and President's Financial Affairs Advisor

Monday, 26 October 2020 / 05:23 PM

President El-Sisi met with the Prime Minister, Minister of Social Solidarity and the Presidential Advisor for Financial Affairs.

The Spokesman of the Egyptian Presidency stated that the meeting discussed the activities of the Ministry of Social Solidarity with regard to developing children nurseries, encouraging community education and supporting irregular workers.

The Minister of Social Solidarity presented the current system of children nurseries across the Republic, including the percentages of enrolled children and the number of licensed nurseries, which amounts to 14,000 nurseries. The meeting also discussed all the challenges facing the Ministry – such as the existence of unlicensed nurseries that amount to 10,000 – and its efforts to solve these problems effectively. In parallel, the ministry set a plan to setup a full database encompassing all information on nurseries with inputs from all stakeholders. The Ministry’s efforts to develop the current nurseries, construct licensed nurseries in villages and new urban settlements, expand the construction of nurseries supporting children with disabilities.

The President hence issued directives for the issuance of temporary licenses to the unlicensed nurseries till they legalize their presence since the role of nurseries in the community and the development of children from the earliest stages are of enormous importance, making a positive impact during the basic education stage.

The vulnerable families falling into the social safety net will see support – as presented by the Minister – into their children’s education, as the current plan is to broaden the beneficiaries. Other efforts being done by the ministry are to provide headphones for children with auditory disabilities and increase equality among children, within the Takaful and Karama (Solidarity and Dignity) program, having access to basic education.

In addition, His Excellency directed that the educational support programs should also include university freshmen from the families under the “Takaful and Karama” program while increasing the Ministry’s financial resources for these activities by EGP 1 billion to ensure the success of all efforts put into the equality of learning opportunities - in coordination with the Ministry of Education.

Furthermore, as stated by the Spokesman, the meeting touched on a detailed explanation regarding the presidential initiative to start up a fund for supporting all irregular labor with the aim of achieving the fund’s objective towards the targeted groups, the mechanism of operation and funding resources.

Moreover, the efforts executed by the Ministry in training the youth to prepare them for the labor market in cooperation with the private sector were presented to His Excellency, as part of the State’s plan towards development and technical education, which are brought under limelight.

Finally, the Minister shared the recent results of the Ministry in establishing social solidarity units in Egyptian universities. These units aim to provide social protection services, raise community awareness, promote citizenship, organize seminars, and make field trips to the sites of national projects while ensuring the sustainability of financing these services.