Al Alfi Foundation Upgrades the Teaching Skills of 1,200 School Teachers

Under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, Al Alfi Foundation collaborated with IBM to upgrade the teaching skills of 1,200 primary and preparatory school teachers from Cairo, Alexandria, Mansoura, Menoufia, Port Said, Ismailia, Tanta, Beni Suef, and Damietta.

The main aim of the project was to train science teachers and to bring best practices in design-based learning to schools. This type of learning gives teachers the flexibility to facilitate and enable students to synthesize skills from a variety of disciplines and integrate them into learning activities. Design-based learning goes further in challenging students to engineer solutions through their knowledge of STEM disciplines.

As part of the program, teachers were trained on using the “Teachers Try Science” website to create lesson plans and publish them online. The website provides free engaging lessons along with teaching strategies and resources designed to spark student interest in science. It also acts as a collaboration tool to enable teachers to discuss and share effective instructional practices.

About The Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE)

Founded in 1836, the Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE) is the main government institution in Egypt that is responsible for basic education; kindergarten to grade 12. MoETE endorses and ensures equal opportunity for education to all, with more than 50 thousand public schools providing free education for more that 22 million students.

About Al Alfi Foundation

An independent philanthropic foundation established in 2008 focuses on human and social development through education and capacity building for Egyptian scientists, educators and gifted students in STEM education in Egypt.
We aim to build a knowledge-based economy and empower Egyptian youth for a sustainable future.