For use in the government, and all that is now meant by the primary certificate is entry into secondary schools. The pupils who sat for the primary certificate in 1912 are divided as follows: From schools affiliated with the Ministry of Education: 1910 From other schools: 3473 Pupils who studied with individuals: 973 Without schooling: 606 The number of successful candidates reached 2791, or 46 percent of the total, compared to 45 percent in 1911. It is worth noting that the average age of successful candidates from the Ministry of Education schools was 15 years and 5 months, while the average age of the other successful candidates was 17 years. Of those who obtained the certificate, 64 percent are now working as teachers, and 65 percent are unemployed. The government employed 154 out of 2791.

25 - Secondary Education Secondary education is now rapidly advancing and expanding. According to the agreement reached between the Ministry of Education and the provincial councils, the Ministry of Education took over the secondary school in Tanta from the Gharbia province, bringing the number of its affiliated secondary schools to six, after it was five. The number of students studying in these schools, after this increase and the expansion of the Ras El Tin school, became 2485 students, compared to 2160 in 1911.

An amount of money was allocated in the 1913 budget to provide grants to private Egyptian secondary schools. This is a very important development because for many years there were hardly any schools in Egypt where Egyptians could receive a good secondary education, outside of government schools and foreign schools affiliated with religious and charitable societies. However, the desire for secondary education has increased in the last four or five years, prompting Egyptians themselves to open private secondary schools. Their numbers are steadily increasing. Some are for Islamic and tribal charitable societies, and some are for individuals whose sole intention is profit. Their total number, of all types, is now 31 schools. The Ministry of Education has allocated funds to support them, with the aim of regulating and guiding them in the best possible way.