Al-Sewedy School of Applied Technology

In 2019, a cooperation protocol was signed between Education First Foundation and Al-Suwaidi Foundation for Services and Development to establish Al-Suwaidi School of Applied Technology in Derb Negm, Sharqia Governorate. Education First became the academic partner of Al-Suwaidi Foundation for Services and Development.

Education First’s role includes collaborating with Al-Suwaidi Foundation’s Board of Trustees to set the school’s vision and philosophy, supervising the full preparation of the building (workshops, equipment, furniture, technological infrastructure), establishing admission standards, overseeing written exams in coordination with the Ministry of Education, conducting interviews and medical exams for new students, selecting teachers from inside and outside the ministry, and preparing and supervising a two-week student orientation camp at the Sixth of October Educational City, which includes physical and academic training, educational workshops, and activities and trips throughout the camp.

The foundation also supervises students’ field training, evaluates teachers and administrative staff, and establishes the school’s organizational structure and discipline regulations in coordination with the Ministry of Education.

Education First’s support for Al-Suwaidi School of Applied Technology in Derb Negm, Sharqia Governorate, was a unique experience and the only initiative undertaken by the foundation in vocational education in Egypt, reflecting its belief in the importance of this type of education and its conviction that vocational education is the engine of development in Egypt.