Ammon News - The Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Global (TAG.Global) and the Egyptian Education Development Fund (EDF) Tuesday signed a cooperation agreement to open a Talal Abu-Ghazaleh University College for Innovation (TAGUCI) branch in Egypt.

The agreement was digitally signed in the presence of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, founder and chairman of TAG. Global, and Ahmed Elhewy, the SG of the EDF. The agreement comes to fulfill the terms of the previously-signed memo between the two parties.

Elhewy pointed out that the EDF has initiated the necessary operational actions to establish a technological university under the name "Misr International University for Science and Technology" to be headquartered at the Fund’s Integrated Technical Education Cluster in Amiriya – Cairo.

The TAGUCI will become one of its faculties, in the implementation of the EDF’s mission to provide the market with the highly qualified and scientifically distinguished human workforce in Egypt's public sector.

Elhewy stated that the Fund seeks to raise the international classification of education, as well as enhance the educational environment, upgrade curricula and create new academic programmes through partnerships with top universities, institutions and international bodies.

This would, according to Elhewy, develop education and scientific research networks, fill the gap of labour market needs, for the development and sustainability of the society and keep pace with the advancements and challenges that face the Egyptian, Arab and global markets.

For his part, Abu-Ghazaleh expressed his appreciation for Elhewy in developing, implementing and establishing exceptional projects to develop Egyptian educational institutions that mainly strive to qualify the youth to become a model.

Abu-Ghazaleh also underscored the need of directing education and scientific research in the Arab region towards innovation and reaffirmed his belief in the necessity to utilize the new emerging technologies to create a new generation that is capable of embracing creativity, invention and innovation.