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Illiteracy In Egypt

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Egypt as a developing country suffers from very high rate of illiteracy. The lack of literacy and knowledge affects the country as it is an obstacle in developing it economically, socially, politically and health. Adult Education Authority is affiliated to the Ministry of Education is doing its best to reduce the illiteracy rate. However, the traditional programs are not effective anymore. Offering a new proper functional literacy learning program was the only solution. Rotary in Egypt offered the CLE as a solution to reduce the illiteracy rate in Egypt (Rotary Literacy "Rotarian Action Group", 2013).

The CLE program deals with the mind-set of the student, and depends on it to be positive and willing to be involved in the educational process. …show more content…

Creating positive change in the student's life by developing his/her talents.

Rotary International is an international service organization founded by Paul P. Harris in February 23, 1905. In 1985, the CLE methodology was adopted by Rotary International. The first pilot of CLE approach was in a primary school in Thailand and was very successful, so the CLE program was adopted by the Ministry of education in Thailand. As Thailand was the first experiment for the Rotary International, so they choose Thailand to be the Lighthouse centre to serve as CLE training centre for technical and project coordinators from different countries(Rotary Literacy "Rotarian Action Group", 2013).

In 1997, a Rotarian from Egypt realised that the CLE methodology is the functional tool that can eradicate illiteracy from Egypt, so he organised a seminar to introduce the CLE methodology to the Rotarians in district 2450 (Rotary Literacy "Rotarian Action Group", 2013). Eventually two Rotarians and eight Non-Rotarians from Egypt travelled to Bangkok to attend CLE training in order to introduce it back to Egypt. They started to train the teachers and the trainers, then moving in different governorates to tackle illiteracy. A lot of obstacles came on their way but they managed to overcome these obstacles (Rotary Literacy "Rotarian Action Group", …show more content…

This success enabled the Rotary in Egypt to sign a protocol and memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Culture in 1999. The CLE program will be taught to adults through cultural palaces. Another protocol was signed in 2003, to teach children in the National Council for Motherhood and Childhood (Rotary Literacy "Rotarian Action Group", 2013). In 2005, Rotary in Egypt signed a protocol with the Adult Education Authority and the protocol is renewed yearly. Adult Education Authority wanted to adopt the CLE methodology in their classes, so the teachers were trained by the Rotary on the CLE methodology of education (Rotary Literacy "Rotarian Action Group", 2013).

There are a lot of protocols were signed between Rotary in Egypt and different governmental authorities. One with Ministry of Education to allow the Rotary to teach school children from 2007 till 2011 in governmental schools, 188 schools in Greater Cairo Educational Zone (Rotary Literacy "Rotarian Action Group", 2013). Another protocol was signed with Ministry of Interior to teach cadets of Central Security in Police Camps from 2009 till 2011. All these protocols were in parallel with literacy classes opening in villages and governorates (Rotary Literacy "Rotarian Action Group",

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