Education and Social Solidarity Ministries Collaborate on Nursery Licensing in Private Schools

Protocol of Cooperation Between the Ministries of Education and Social Solidarity.

Dr. Maya Morsi, Minister of Social Solidarity, and Mohamed Abdel Latif, Minister of Education and Technical Education, have signed a cooperation protocol aimed at organizing the operation of nursery classrooms for children below the age required for enrollment in kindergarten at private and international schools under the Ministry of Education.

The protocol seeks to enhance collaboration and coordination between the two ministries to establish necessary rules and regulations for licensing and operating nurseries for children under the specified age for kindergarten enrollment.

As part of this agreement, both ministries will work together to develop guidelines for issuing licenses, overseeing, and approving these nurseries within private and international schools.

The protocol also includes the creation of databases containing information related to nurseries, both those previously licensed and those that will be established following the implementation of this initiative in private and international schools. This aims to ensure proper oversight and monitoring of these facilities. A joint coordinating committee composed of representatives from both ministries will be formed to address any challenges that may arise during the execution of this protocol.

Minister Morsi expressed her appreciation for the collaboration with the Ministry of Education, noting that Social Solidarity will provide data and technical support to facilitate the operation of nursery classrooms prior to kindergarten at private and international schools. This cooperation aims to standardize operational guidelines.

In response, Minister Abdel Latif emphasized his ministry’s commitment to fully support Social Solidarity in achieving unified operational standards. He also highlighted ongoing efforts to process licensing requests for nurseries at private and international schools.

The signing ceremony was attended by several officials, including Engineer Margret Saroufim, Deputy Minister of Social Solidarity; Dr. Ahmed Dahir, Deputy Minister of Education; Ayman Abdel Mawgood, Permanent Undersecretary at the Ministry of Social Solidarity; Randa Faris, Advisor to the Minister on Health and Family Development; Legal Advisor Ashraf El-Sayed; Hisham Mohamed, Director of the Minister’s Office; Amr Hosny, Head of the Central Unit for Associations; Hanan Mustafa, Head of Central Administration for Family and Women’s Affairs; and Dr. Hanem Omar, Director General of Child Affairs.