Market Background

Egypt's

Prosperous Educational Market at a Glance

Egypt represents an attractive opportunity for investors and education providers looking for growth, supported by a steady population increase and the government's ambitious private sector reforms. The Egyptian government has developed an education reform programme, projecting a total expected spendings of U.S.$2 billion by 2030

Egypt is the most populated Arab Country, with 101 million inhabitants (approximately 31% are in school going age

The investments allocated for the educational sector are estimated at EGP 77.2 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023.

Egypt will invest EGP 9.5 billion in establishing and developing 28 national universities as part of its new budget for fiscal year 2022- 2023

Egypt has the largest student population in the MENA region, estimated at 23 million K-12 students

Based on population growth rate of 2.5% per annum, total demand for K12 enrolment in Egypt will reach to 34 million in 2030.

Public schools enrollment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.6% during the period 2022 till 2030.

Private schools enrollment is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.2% during the period 2022 till 2030.

The number of nurseries in Egypt exceeded 26,000 nurseries in 2022/2023

Egypt has more than 60,000 schools, of which only 7,000 are private schools.

Egypt has 27 public universities, 27 private universities, 20 semi-private universities, 10 technology universities, serving a total of 3.6 million student

An additional 11.0 million new seats will be required in Egypt by 2030, out of which 2.1 million will be in the private sector

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