CAIRO, Feb 27 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt and South Sudan signed a deal yesterday, to build branches of Egypt’s Alexandria University in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, and the town of Tonj.
The MoU was signed by Alexandria University President, Abdelaziz Konsowa, and South Sudanese Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Gabriel Changson Chang, in Cairo, said Egypt’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, in a statement.
The planned university branches will offer programmes in the fields of agriculture, medicine, education, nursing, engineering, business, biotechnology, and others, said the statement.
Under the agreement, students will be admitted based on the admission standards decided by Alexandria University, and if funding is available, outstanding students can be allowed to spend an academic year at the campus in Egypt.
During the signing ceremony in Cairo, Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ayman Ashour, said, setting up branches of the university will open new horizons for cooperation between the two countries in higher education.
He said, the Egyptian ministry is willing to provide necessary facilitations to Sudanese students studying in Egypt, and strengthen cooperation between the universities of the two countries.
For his part, Gabriel Changson Chang said, the agreement marks an important step for South Sudan to develop higher education, while extending thanks to Egypt for its continued support for his country in various fields.– NNN-MENA
