Egypt's Education Ministry Returns to Basics: Reading and Math
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Egypt's Ministry of Education wants schools to focus on basics.
The basics are reading and math.
This is called going back to basics.
UNICEF is a group that helps children around the world.
UNICEF said Egyptian children are getting better at reading and writing.
This is good news for schools.
The Minister of Education gave an award to a teacher.
She is from Kafr El-Sheikh, a place in Egypt.
He gave her the award at a special event.
The event was about the Arabic language.
The Ministry started a new phase of this program.
It is the fourth phase.
The program helps students learn Arabic skills.
Schools want children to read and count well.
These skills help students in all subjects.
Vocabulary7 words
- Ministry of Education
- the government group that runs schools
- math
- working with numbers
- basics
- the simple and most important things
- UNICEF
- a group that helps children
- award
- a prize given for good work
- Arabic language
- the language spoken in Egypt
- phase
- one part of a bigger plan
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1. Reading and math 2. They improved in reading and writing 3. True
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Egypt's Ministry of _____ wants schools to focus on basics.
The basics are reading and _____.
This is called going back to _____.
_____ is a group that helps children around the world.
UNICEF said Egyptian children are getting better at reading and _____.
The Minister of Education gave an _____ to a teacher.
She is from Kafr El-Sheikh, a place in _____.
The event was about the Arabic _____.
The Ministry started a new _____ of this program.
It is the fourth _____.
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