Public school education systems in Egypt tend to be stagnant and can be purely content focused, constricting both students and educators to limited learning experiences. We found that most students graduate from the system lacking necessary skills that prepare them for the world and allow them to navigate their life with autonomy and agency.
In collaboration with the ministry of education we selected one school to model this initiative. We compiled a group of experienced educators to train public school teachers to understand and use the framework, collaborate with them on reframing the curriculum and lead the programme implementation process. A master meeting schedule between both schools to facilitate the consultation and collaboration between teachers was created. Regular meetings, checkpoints, training workshops, and consultation visits were conducted to ensure the ongoing development of the programme.
The school successfully became authorized in the PYP, MYP and DP programme, with two graduating classes from the DP programme. For 2 consecutive years, the dp students achieved remarkable results surpassing the world average. The DP first class has graduated with exceptional results, one of them scoring 45. Over the past 1-2 years we started another public school campus and completed the PYP authorization process and are working towards the MYP and DP authorization this year. The school recently also created a Student Council to empower and represent the student voice on campus, making decisions about their academic and extracurricular activities reflecting the development and realization of student wellbeing.
By collaborating with the responsible parties, clarifying the vision, and agreeing on the methodology of its application. If it is a public school curriculum that you hope to develop, create the vision alongside the municipality or ministry of education, in collaboration with the IBO. Then create a volunteer base of educators to carry out the implementation of the framework in the school.
