As an American, I can notice many big differences between the two countries.
An example of this is when we called a mechanic to fix the heater and he used a USB cable to patch some cable. I found myself in that tv show “MacGyver “ It was on air before I was born I heard about it and watched some youtube’s. That guy was a guy of nothing and everything at the same time. He was finding solutions to his desperate situations from any ordinary things by mixing or gathering them together. was this guy MacGyver of Cairo? this can be thought of as a good thing or a bad thing for Egypt. The positive point of view is that these people know their job so well that they can fix a heater with only a USB cable. However the negative perspective is that: this guy's profession is this, and he comes to fix the heater without any tools, in fact he took that USB from me! This man specializes in this area however he has not disciplined himself and doesn't carry around with him the necessary tools. There is an obvious lack of principled people. Another thing that happened to me which was just like this: when I was sick I went to the doctor, they had mostly everything however, you know those lights they put in your mouth to check it? Instead of using that, he used his own Nokia phone's flashlight. It was same, lack of the correct materials. This is how life goes on in Egypt, mostly everywhere is like this.
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| USB Cable Dangling. |
After
all of this you might be thinking Egypt full of unlearned the people
, However they're not. In Egypt there are more learned people than
unlearned. Here are some educational facts.
The
public education system in Egypt is well developed as a hub of
education not only for Egypt, but for the whole Arab world. Today,
Cairo is the center for many government offices governing the
educational system. The city has the largest number of schools and
institutions of higher education in Egypt. The Government of Egypt
has placed high priority on improving the education system and is
directed by the Ministry of Education of Egypt. With the support of
the World Bank and other multilateral organizations Egypt is
increasing the quality of its education. 1
Al-Azhar
University, the premier center of religious instruction in the
Islamic world, is said to be the oldest continuously operating
university in the world. Post-secondary education has been free in
Egypt since 1962. 2
Cairo
University ranked 345 in the world, founded in 1908, produces the
country's largest number of college graduates and college-educated
professionals. It has about 155,000 students and 3,158 faculty
members, operates some 100 research institutes and offers programs in
agriculture, medicine, nursing, economics, political science, the
arts, and other fields. 2
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| In Front of Book Fair. |
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| A Soldier in Book Fair. |
So, why
Egypt economically ranked 127 out of 157 countries? 3 Is
there a solution to this beautiful country’s “USB Guy” problem?
I
believe these people know what they need to know. Education is a well
appreciated thing in Egypt. It may because these people have the
knowledge but don't apply them. In arabic the word for knowledge is
“علم"
(read ilm). And there is also another word which lives at the same
street to “ilm” . “عمل"
(read amel) means action. The doing of the “ilm”.
These
people have the “ilm” but they don’t have the “amel”. These
people have good education but is it real education? Real education
should be teaching people the knowledge and that they should be
putting the knowledge into action. If they put it in action then that
"USB guy" will discipline himself and carry around with him
the necessary tools. In conclusion, I think what Egypt needs is “True
education”. They should gather the “ilm”knowledge and the
“amel” action. This may be the true solution. How can knowledge
be one with action? Well, it is another story.
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