Higher Education Enhancement Project (HEEP)
HEEP Projects
 
   
 
  Egyptian Technical Colleges Project
     
     
     
    The Project’s Vision
   

The ETCP aims at qualifying technicians in different specializations that serve a variety of economic sectors as the graduates of these colleges are considered one of the branches of the labor force that occupy the intermediate jobs in production sites and in the intermediate administrative jobs, moreover they are considered the base of both the production and service processes, for they are the intermediate category that lies between specialists in different fields on one hand, and technicians who work in different institutions in Egypt in the other hand. The project also aims at developing and enhancing technical colleges to be accredited training centers that serve those who work in the production and service sectors and to serve youth in the surrounding environment who are in need to develop their skills and to have license for practicing jobs in different specializations
     
   

The Objectives of the Project

   
  • Developing the organization structure of the above intermediate technical institutes by gathering them in 8 technical colleges.
  • Developing the performance of the above intermediate technical institutes through the development of the curricula and the educational programs, faculty members, workshops, and laboratories in order to make the technical colleges capable of qualifying technicians in different specializations.
  • Upgrading the capabilities of the graduates from the technical colleges and provide them with the skills required for the market.
  • Opening channels for distance education and continual training for faculty members.
     
     
   

The Achievements of the Project

     
   

1. Developing the Organization Structure for the Above Intermediate Technical Institutes

   
  • Gathering all the above intermediate technical institutes to 8 technical colleges distributed in all over Egypt.
  • Developing the organizational structure of the technical colleges and establishing the Supreme Council of Technical Colleges (SCTC) as well as the formation of the Board Of Trustees (BOT) and the academic council for each college.
  • Preparing and refurbishment of computer, language, and internet labs for all technical colleges.
  • Preparing and refurbishment of 85 computer lab, 12 language lab, and refurbishing 26 internet lab.
2. Establishing New Buildings, Workshops, and Laboratories for Technical Colleges
  • Establishing buildings, workshops, and laboratories for the industrial technical institute in Qina with an approximate cost of 15 Million Egyptian pounds.
  • Establishing buildings for the technical colleges in Matria and Al-Mahala with an approximate cost of 16.5 Million Egyptian pounds.
3. Developing Laboratories, and Technical Workshops
  • Developing 45 workshop and specialized lab with equipments to serve the programs in the in the industrial, and tourism institutes owned by the ideal technical colleges in Matria, Al-Mahala, and the South Valley with an approximate cost of 49 Million Egyptian pounds.
  • Now, the preparation of 14 workshop and specialized lab is carried out with an approximate cost of 5 Million Egyptian pounds.
4. Faculty members, administrators, and the assisting staff
  • Specifying the required number of Faculty members, administrators, and the assisting staff within faculties. An announcement to employ 510 teachers/lecturers in the technical institutes was declared. Contracts with 141 teachers/ lecturers have already been signed. In the next stage, there will be another announcement to satisfy the needs for extra teachers/ lecturers.
5. Developing the educational system, curricula, and information sources
  • Developing the educational programs of 26 branches, including 440 courses in the commercial and industrial, civil and architecture, tourism and social service specializations.
  • Also, the outcomes from "The Establishment of the National Craftsmen Qualification Standards" project had been used to describe 105 vocation/professions in the fields of industry, tourism, building, and construction.
  • Printing 15 volumes containing the descriptions of the curricula and the details of the courses related to the industrial, commercial, tourism, and social service specializations.
  • Started in applying the developed programs for the industrial and social service specializations starting from the academic year 2004/2005. Started in applying the developed programs for the industrial, civil, architecture, and tourism specializations starting from the academic year 2005/2006.
  • Preparing a mechanism for writing, , printing, and publishing the textbooks according to the decision made by the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU). An announcement for a competition for writing the first year textbooks for the commercial technical colleges has been announced. Contracts with the selected authors have been signed to compose 17 textbooks.
6. Upgrading the Capabilities of Faculty Members, Administrative Staff, and their Assistants
  • 802 teachers representing about 93.43% of the theoretical teachers in the technical institutes have been trained on the how to use computer and 511 teachers received the ICDL certificate till now with 63.7%success ratio.
  • 583 teachers representing about 68% of the theoretical teachers in the technical institutes have been trained on English language and 518 teachers had passed the training with 88.8%success ratio.
  • 172 teachers representing 41% of the theoretical teachers in the technical institutes have been trained in their specializations.
  • 276 teachers representing 84% of the practical teachers in the technical institutes have been trained in their specializations.
  • 124 of the workers in the technical institutes have been trained to be laboratory technicians.
  • 114 newly appointed teachers with contracts had passed the pedagogical training.
  • 15 training courses for 204 teachers of the specialized courses will be conduced within this year for theoretical, practical, and training teachers.
  • 872 of the administrative staff in the technical colleges have been trained.
7. Connecting the Technical Colleges and Institutes via Information Network
  • After finishing the internet labs for the technical colleges and institutes, it is planned to prepare a project to connect theses labs with the internet to serve the educational process and the continuous learning.
8. Making a link between training and the demands of the marketplace
  • Activating the role of the Board of trustees and vice deans for society and environmental services by conducting summer training for students in the industrial units in the region around the technical colleges.
  • A number of technical institutes succeeded to train all their students in the industrial units. While, the rest of the technical institutes completed the summer training inside the college.
  • The project plan concerning the use of theses facilities to conduct training courses for different sectors according to the market requirements will start as soon as the handing over process of the labs and workshops is completed.
     
    Report
   
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report name
 date of report
download
Type
Size
Type
Size
1 ETCP Mid-Term Evaluation  
128 k
245 k
2

First ETCP Report

  
168 k
128 k
3 ETCP Report English

Jan. - 2005
293 k
207 k
4 ETCP Status Report

Sept. - 2006
488 k
450 k
     
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