International Co-operation Minister Rania el Mashaat and Education Minister Reda Hegazy met at the headquarters of the international co-operation ministry in the New Administrative Capital to discuss development co-operation programmes and international partnerships implemented with development partners in the fields of education, technical education, and teacher capacity building. This comes in light of the state's priorities and President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's directives to improve the quality of education and raise the efficiency of the human element in the educational system at the pre-university educational level, and to enhance the role played by the Ministry of International Co-operation in coordinating between national authorities and development partners to achieve the maximum benefit from these international partnerships. The two ministers discussed the position of the projects being implemented within the framework of the third phase of the Egyptian-Italian debt swap programme for development, w hich amounts to USD 100 million, part of which has been directed to implementing development projects in the field of education and technical education, including the technology schools project. Source: State Information Service Egypt New York, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that Israel's military operation in the Gaza border city of Rafah would lead Palestinians to 'an even deeper circle of hell.' Head of the United Nations is urging Israel to honour the spirit of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan by 'silencing the guns.' Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters that Monday marks the start of Ramadan, when 'Muslims around the world celebrate and spread the values of peace, reconciliation and solidarity.' Yet in Gaza, 'the killing, bombing and bloodshed continue,' he said, with civilian killings and destruction in the territory 'at a level that is unprecedented' in his more than seven years as UN secretary-general. He warned that Israel's threatened assault on the southern city of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians have sought safety, 'could plummet the people of Gaza into an even deeper circle of hell.' Source: Syrian Arab News Agency
