- 156 -The necessary response to the call for the establishment of schools. A request was submitted to the government by these two schools for the establishment of a school in 1808. Last year, the cities of Fayoum and Beni Suef expressed a desire to establish industrial schools. Fayoum wrote about 9,000 Egyptian pounds for this purpose, and some promised to pay annual subscriptions for a certain period to support the school. Beni Suef wrote about this amount and agreed to allocate 66 feddans whose revenue would be spent on the school. The construction of both schools has been postponed until a later time so that they can be built according to the opinions of experts. This delay is offset by the benefit gained from relying on well-prepared budgets and estimates.

His Highness Prince Hussein Kamel Pasha has begun the establishment of an industrial school for the Giza Governorate. From the foregoing, it is clear that the government's call for schools has been met, and we await the rapid spread of this spirit throughout the entire country, so that the inhabitants of the major cities will participate in the establishment and administration of industrial schools in their cities according to their own discretion. There is no work more worthy of effort and deserving of assistance than this, and no work that brings greater good and benefit, not only to the poor classes but to the entire nation. When the government saw the spread of this voluntary desire and the urgent need for industrial education in Egypt, it considered, especially last year, the necessity of bringing in an expert and competent person to study the matter thoroughly and advise on the curriculum that should be followed in the future. It succeeded in bringing in Mr. Sidney W.A. Nazir, Director of the Technical School in London, to study the subject in detail and comprehensively. He visited schools of all levels and grades, government workshops, and private workshops, met with employers in Cairo and the governorates, and submitted a comprehensive report detailing his observations on existing schools and those intended to be established, and his recommendations for what should be built in the future. I do not intend to summarize Mr. W.A.'s report, but I wish to highlight his following opinion: "The success of the work depends on the extent of the solidarity and cooperation that exists between the industrial schools and those within them, and with employers, whether they are within or outside the government. Therefore, the directors of these schools, from the most senior to the most junior, must have strong relationships with those who employ their graduates in their training, understand their needs, and consider them, so that they gain their trust in the work of these schools and their desire to employ their students after they graduate."