It learned to a degree that the government would not accept, and that it would not be long before these councils were entrusted with the administration of all primary education in the country, after they had gained sufficient experience and a sufficient number of qualified teachers had been assembled. Industrial and agricultural education received a large share of the attention and care of the councils. They reduced the number of specialized industrial schools that existed, or assisted them with money and placed them under their supervision. They did this in Damanhur, Toukh, Beni Suef, Fayoum, Sohag, and Al-Qasr. In other areas, such as Menoufia, Sharqia, Al-Gharbia, and Aswan, they established new schools for industries in some of them and resolved to establish similar ones in others. The councils were keen to benefit from the advice of the Industrial and Agricultural Education Department, which did not hesitate to provide it. As for agricultural education, agricultural branches were added to the industrial schools in Damanhur and Toukh. The village, Moshata, Sharqia, Minya, Girga, Al-Gharbia, and Fayoum councils are considering projects for agricultural schools or experimental farms. The councils have not spent on this aspect. For example, the Damanhur council tends towards a high level of agricultural education by sending missions to Europe, and the Ministry of Education believes that agricultural experimental farms are the most suitable thing to meet the country's needs. Then the Giza council intends to send a mission to France to train qualified teachers for the agricultural and industrial school it intends to establish in the future. The councils, especially in Upper Egypt, have shown great interest in primary education. They currently manage 29 schools, some of which they established themselves and others that were transferred to them from their owners. It appears from the plans they have drawn up for the future that it is not unlikely that there will be a primary school in every district of the Egyptian governorate in the not-too-distant future. The councils have not yet addressed the issue of secondary and higher education. The great problem facing the training councils in the matter of education is the problem of debt, which has increased with the imposition of the special tax. It is not hidden that Muslims constitute 97% of the total population of the country, and Copts constitute slightly more than 6% of this total. However, the Coptic minority is distributed throughout the country in a strong distribution. It is less than 2% of the population in 30 of the Armenian centers in Lower Egypt, and then it increases to over 20% of the population in 9 of the thirty-seven centers in Upper Egypt. Then the percentage of the education tax paid by Coptic landowners ranges between what is less than