The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Egypt, in
close cooperation with the Ministry of Education, has launched a two-week
entrepreneurship education workshop for teachers of technical schools in Luxor.
The workshop, which incorporated over 100 teachers, commenced with a one-day
introduction on 29 November, followed by a two-week training that started on 5
December. It is the first step towards launching the Entrepreneurship Curriculum
Programme in Luxor, which aims to promote and nurture a culture of
entrepreneurship among students in technical secondary schools and prepares them
to become productive members of society, whether they will seek to be wage-
employed or self-employed, and create value and opportunity for them and their
communities.
“We learned so much today in the workshop and our goal is to transfer this
knowledge to our students so they can start their own small businesses through
which they can create opportunities for themselves as entrepreneurs” said Ms Amal
Ahmed, assistant teacher of hotel and tourism studies in Luxor.
The objective of the workshop is for teachers to acquire both the theoretical and
practical knowledge and applications of entrepreneurship education as well as
jointly develop the competences, learning outcomes, assessment tools, and syllabus
of the entrepreneurship curriculum program.
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“Teachers attending this training will learn how to integrate entrepreneurship
education in their teaching” said Ms Annachiara Scandone, head of the
Entrepreneurship Education Programme (IMKAN) at UNIDO. “They will lead the
implementation of the entrepreneurship curriculum programme in their schools to
develop a positive enterprise culture which will empower the youth and support
their professional and personal growth.” Mr Mohamed Soliman, head of the
entrepreneurship programme at the ministry added that “the Ministry of Education
shares the same vision with UNIDO and its project IMKAN, which is to support
and train over 100 certified entrepreneurship trainers who in turn will instill in the
students the spirit of entrepreneurship for a better future.”
The programme, which is funded by the government of Japan, marks the continued
collaboration between UNIDO and the Ministry in their joint effort to support and
foster entrepreneurship in Upper Egypt. The Entrepreneurship Curriculum Program
has been successfully implemented in the Governorate of Qena during the school
year 2014/2015, where over 100 teachers and 2,000 students received training, and
is now set to expand to Luxor and other governorates in Upper Egypt.
Watani International
9 December 2016