The TVET reform programme is aiming to establish a national quality assurance system for the standardisation, accreditation and certification of TVET institutions and personnel, jointly with:

			The National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE)
			The Egyptian Organisation for Standardisation and Quality (EOS)/ The Egyptian Accreditation Council (EGAC)
			The National Quality Programme.

This agreement is the basis for a national system to make sure that the quality of training, training institutions and training personnel will be improved following international standards.

More than 400 training providers have been audited through this new system and studies for mapping companies and industrial sectors (50-60% of mapping) have been carried out.

NAQAAE

The National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education (NAQAAE) was established in 2006. It is an independent national authority that reports to the Prime Minister and is located in Cairo. In Nov 2007, 15 Board members were appointed, including a president, three vice-presidents and 11 members including educational experts, university professors and entrepreneurs.

Responsibilities of NAQAAE

According to NAQAAE establishment law, the authority is responsible for evaluating more than 50,000 educational institutions to be accredited within five years.

Such institutions are categorised as follows:

A- Higher Education: 623 institutions (34 universities, 589 faculties and institutes) with a total of approximately four million students.

B- Pre-University education: A total of 49,640 educational institution hosting 18,482,872 students. These institutes include governmental schools, private schools and Al-Azhar institutes.

C- Technical education: A total of 2,063 technical schools.