STA, government sign MoU to establish, develop 10 applied technology schools

This comes along with the celebration of the graduation of a batch of 220 students and honored the top students.

STA also signed an agreement to join the Finnish Global Educational Solutions (FGES) to develop education in cooperation with both the UK's International Academy for Research and Advanced Studies, and Finland's International Educational Solutions Foundation, with the aim of bringing about a qualitative change to the field of technical education in Egypt.

Under the agreement, the Finnish side will supply STA with the latest educational and scientific systems, in addition to training teachers to raise their competencies, along with continuous technical supervision to verify the quality of the provided education. Meanwhile, the Egyptian side will provide the necessary capabilities to make this project feasible on a national scale to include the largest possible number of both public and private technical schools.

STA also signed a cooperation agreement with IBM Egypt to implement the P-TECH Model with the aim of providing specialized educational opportunities for STA's students in the fields of Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Digital Design, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and other advanced technologies.

It also signed a cooperation agreement with Oracle for Oracle Academy to provide free curriculum, information technology and access to services including Oracle Autonomous Database.

STA also signed an MoU with Azza Fahmy Foundation to support technical education and enhance the handicraft skills of the Egyptian workforce through training programs in accordance with the latest international standards.

Established in 2011, STA is an affiliate of Elsewedy Electric Foundation. Located in the Tenth of Ramadan City, STA operates with a capacity of 1200 students, to provide a dual education system that follows Finnish and German standards and links theoretical education to practical training through specializations in steel production, logistics, mechanical works, maintenance and repair of heavy industries, industrial electronics, components of cable and power sector, foodstuff production, and plastics, with the aim of supporting the education system and the professional workforce in Egypt.