CAIRO, March 18 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Tuesday had a meeting with Minister of Education and Technical Education Mohamed Abdel Latif to review a number of educational files.

The meeting took up the Ministry's development efforts and ways to enhance educational cooperation with Italy.

The minister of education highlighted efforts on upgrading technical education system, citing the visit of the Italian minister of education and the Italian ambassador in Cairo to Salesian Institute Don Bosco in Egypt in February.

Abdel Latif pointed out that letters of intent were signed during this visit to boost bilateral educational cooperation.

He also referred to the inking of protocols with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) to back the educational sector, particularly Technical and vocational education and training (TVET). (MENA)

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