The Director of the Curriculum Development Center at the Education Ministry Nawal Shalaby announced that the ministry will teach hieroglyphics the in school curricula next year. During a Monday phone-in with the “al-Youm” TV show, Shalaby explained that the new curriculum will pay special attention to archaeologically and tourism, starting with kindergarten and up to the first to third grades of elementary school. “We began to introduce ancient monuments, our pharaonic history, and the history of Egypt throughout all ages, and how we respect the antiquities,” she explained. She added that students knowing their ancestors, their history, writing and their monuments is a way of appreciating and understanding their civilization better. An atlas of the ancient map of Egypt is being made, through which students can trace the history and civilization of Egypt, he added.

Source: Egypt Independent April 06, 2021 09:00 UTC