Chapter Eight On Education A General View (p. 105) Lord Cromer's description of the Egyptian government's plan for education and the reasons that led to its adoption in his report for the year 1897.

It is said in general (p. 107) that the purpose of this...

...is to provide education in government schools according to the European method, meaning that the Ministry of Finance will gradually bear its expenses and stop all funds of the Ministry of Education on primary education and industrial schools.

In recent years, most of the criticism has focused on two aspects of the education system: the neglect of free education and the neglect of teaching in the Arabic language in government schools.

As for the first, it is not surprising that the primary purpose of education in government schools is to prepare those who intend to serve it or who wish to pursue a profession in certain technical fields (such as medicine and law). In both cases, it is not appropriate to spend public funds on educating a limited number of children from the upper and middle classes for free, while the number of applicants who wish to pay fees and are able to do so exceeds the capacity of the schools. And so that gifted students are not lost if their fathers cannot afford to support them, a project has been developed to educate a certain number of students for free in secondary schools, specifically for poor students after their admission and proof of their excellence over others. In this way, the principles of free education that were prevalent in Egypt are avoided, and it is possible to facilitate the admission of poor students to continue their studies in secondary schools. It is also worth mentioning, regarding primary education, that the means of free education are available in the numerous private charitable schools throughout the country. As for learning trades, crafts, and arts, free education is available in the Boulak Industrial School and the industrial workshops.

As well as in the schools for the blind and the school for judges, regarding general education.

And it is worth mentioning in presenting this topic that the tuition fees in the schools...

...are low.