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Egypt school textbook pricing and distribution

Overview

The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education has established pricing and distribution protocols for textbooks for the 2026/2027 academic year. These regulations apply to national, private, and Japanese schools.

To prevent the distribution of counterfeit materials and maintain administrative efficiency, the Ministry mandated that schools request textbook quantities based on specific student enrollment numbers. Semester prices for textbook packages were set as follows: 300 EGP for Kindergarten, 400 EGP for grades 1 to 3, and 550 EGP for grades 4 to 6 and preparatory grades 1 to 3.

Entities

Ministry of Education and Science · Ministry of Education and Technical Education

Timeline

  1. 4 days ago

    [POLITICS] 6 sources
    Ministry of Education advises against premature textbook purchases

    The Ministry of Education and Science has advised parents and bookstores to delay purchasing school textbooks until price negotiations with publishers are finalized and an official catalog is released.

  2. 4 days ago

    [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Egypt Ministry of Education sets textbook prices for private and national schools

    Egypt's Ministry of Education issued new pricing and distribution guidelines for textbooks in private, Japanese, and National schools for the 2026/2027 academic year.

Sources

elbalad.news · eldyar.net · ernesthuska.blog.sme.sk · koha.mk · orainfo.net · telegrafi.com · veriu.info · zhurnal.mk