Wednesday 29/October/2025 – 02:16 PM
Mohamed Abdel Latif, Minister of Education and Technical Education, made a visit to Japan, during which he signed a memorandum of understanding with Hiroshima University, which is the largest and most famous Japanese public university, and the “SPRIX” Foundation, to grant Egyptian students a certificate in programming and artificial intelligence on the Japanese “Kerio” platform approved by the university, which is the first step of its kind in the Egyptian education system.
The agreement was signed by Mitsuo Ochi, the university’s president, Hiroshima State University, and Tsune Ishii, the CEO of the SPRIX Foundation, in the presence of Dr. Hani Helal, Secretary General of the Egyptian-Japanese Partnership for Education.
In light of the memorandum of understanding, and in a step considered the first of its kind, it was agreed that the first-year secondary school student who passes the TOFAS test will obtain a certificate accredited by the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, Hiroshima State University of Japan, and the Japanese “SPRIX” Foundation.
Teaching programming and artificial intelligence through an integrated program that ends with obtaining an accredited certificate from a Japanese government university is a qualitative leap in the process of developing Egyptian education that enhances the integration of future skills into the curriculum.
The tripartite memorandum of understanding also included the adoption of the programming curriculum that was developed through the Japanese “Kerio” platform, as well as the adoption of the “TOFAS” tests for programming and artificial intelligence, and the approval of the certificate awarded after students’ success in the tests.
The memorandum of understanding also included an agreement to continuously update the programming and artificial intelligence material on the Kerio platform, in view of the rapid development witnessed in this field globally.
Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif confirmed that this step comes as a continuation of the measures taken by the Ministry of Education in teaching programming and artificial intelligence to the first year of secondary school during the current academic year in cooperation with the Japanese company Sprix through the “Kerio” platform.
Minister Mohamed Abdel Latif expressed his appreciation and pride in the fruitful cooperation with the Japanese side, which has witnessed a major boom recently in the field of education, stressing that this cooperation aims to develop students’ skills in the fields of the future, most notably programming and artificial intelligence, in line with digital transformation and the requirements of the local and global labor market.
