Egypt to Send 10 Students to Japan on Travel Scholarship
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Egypt's education minister has good news. He said 10 students will get a scholarship to travel to Japan. The students come from different provinces in Egypt.
President Sisi also talked about education. He wants new curricula and new books for schools. He wants Egypt to learn from other countries too.
The president also wants schools to use more technology. He asked for digitization in schools. He also wants schools to use artificial intelligence. This will help make education better and more modern.
Vocabulary15 words
- scholarship
- money or help to study or travel for free
- provinces
- big areas or regions in a country
- curricula
- the subjects and lessons students learn
- technology
- machines and tools like computers
- digitization
- changing paper work into computer work
- artificial intelligence
- smart computer programs that can think
- minister
- an important government leader
- president
- the leader of a country
- modern
- new and up to date
- update
- to make something newer
- international
- from many countries
- experience
- knowledge from doing things before
- process
- steps to do something
- education
- learning and teaching
- announcement
- news that someone tells people
Quiz
Answer key
1. 10 2. Japan 3. Artificial intelligence
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Egypt's education minister has good news. He said 10 students will get a _____ to travel to Japan. The students come from different _____ in Egypt.
President Sisi also talked about education. He wants new _____ and new books for schools. He wants Egypt to learn from other _____ too.
The president also wants schools to use more _____. He asked for _____ in schools. He also wants schools to use _____. This will help make education better and more _____.