RE APPRAISAL OF EGYPTIAN SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CULTURAL CHANGE

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate and assess the provision and the content of secondary education in Egypt from approximately the “beginning of the eighteenth-century to nearly 1960. This is carried out to establish the main function of the teaching provided and to re-appraise the nature of the response to the changing political, social and economic conditions. The first chapter attempts to give an approach to concept of culture, and it also gives a full survey of the background of Egyptian education. The second chapter is devoted to study the educational system established under the influence of Islam prior to the advent of westernized system of education introduced by Mohammad Ali. This secular type of education is discussed within the same chapter. Chapter three examines the educational programmes during the reigns of Abbas and Said, and the steps taken during the reign of Ismail to revive the educational system following the disasters under Abbas and Said. Chapter four discusses the educational conditions during Tewfik's rule and the period of the British occupation. Chapters five and six are devoted to the study of both branches of secondary education, academic and technical, during a period which embraces approximately the three decades 1922-1952.