Two others. They have finished preparing the designs for the Beni Suef school, which will accommodate fifty students, and another two hundred students, and a workshop for basketry and similar crafts, and a school for trades with ninety students. The Ministry of Education has established a small trades school in Al-Qasr, Qena Governorate. The government has donated the land necessary for the buildings of these three schools. They have purchased land in Damanhur, measuring five feddans, for the new trades school and have prepared the initial designs for the buildings.

Since October of the previous year, the government has allocated 1,500 Egyptian Pounds for the establishment and equipping of two industrial schools for girls in Cairo. One of these schools will consist of spacious buildings currently being constructed in Boulaq and will accommodate a separate section for women's crafts, and another section for crafts that are not taught in the Boulaq workshops. The two schools will have a single entrance. The second school is located in Al-Nagala and has thirty students.

The Ministry of Education is committed to assisting all these schools established by the people by providing designs for the buildings, preparing the curriculum, selecting equipment and tools, appointing teachers, and establishing a system for their inspection. The budget allocated for this purpose is 1,000 Egyptian Pounds.

One of the proofs of the people's strong interest in industrial and agricultural education is their voluntary donation for the construction and equipping of the four schools in Fayoum, Beni Suef, Damanhur, and Qena, which amounted to 1,000 Egyptian Pounds. In addition, some individuals have subscribed to annual amounts totaling 100 Egyptian Pounds for the expenses of these schools. Some have also sought to establish an industrial school in Nag Hammadi, and their efforts have been successful. The amount donated by those who attended the first meeting was 200 Egyptian Pounds.

Last year, in this regard, if we omit mentioning the great success achieved in industrial and agricultural education in Egypt due to Dr. MacKay's resignation from his post due to illness. He spent fifteen years in Egypt, during which he rendered great and useful services. In the last few years, he was the director of the School of Agriculture and the School of Engineering.

Reports from the School of Engineering in recent years indicate a steady increase in the number of its students. At the beginning of the current year, 50 students enrolled, bringing the total to 150 students. In the year 1105, the number was 100 students, and in the year 1107, it was 46 students. At the beginning of the current academic year, 15 applications were submitted for admission to the School of Agriculture, and 100 students were accepted.