Educairo’17 Conference: “The Know-How of Finnish Education”
Monday 4th December, 2017
Pyramisa Hotel, Dokki Giza
Conference Main Objective:
The main objective of this conference is to share experiences with Finnish experts in order to improve the quality of education in Egypt.
Conference Specific Objective:
1. Creating Matchmaking between the Egyptian and Finnish Educational Institutions.
2. Acquainting Egypt about Finnish Education System.
3. Sharing Finnish Experience in Development of Egyptian Education.
4. Perform Needs Assessment towards further cooperation between Egypt and Finland
5. Present Success Stories in Developing Egyptian Education by Finnish Experience.
Conference Outlines:
1. The University of the Future 2050
2. Quality Assurance in Education
3. Student Assessment: Trends in Finland
4. The Digital Library: Finnish Experience
5. How Finnish Universities Keep The International Standards
6. Egyptian-Finnish Cooperation Experience
7. Towards Further Educational Cooperation between Egypt and Finland
Educairo’17 Conference Recommendations:
1. Utilizing Finnish expertise in preparing for the future of higher education and its advanced research structure to determine the expectations of students, the community and the expected distribution of enrollment in universities.
2. Enhancing the Egyptian-Finnish cooperation through the establishment of a reference to monitor aspects of cooperation already achieved, future prospects and the mechanisms to be used both at the individual, institutional or state levels.
3. Utilizing Finnish information and expertise in the development of the digital infrastructure in higher education systems and how to activate and accelerate the processes of digital transformation in higher education institutions
4. Utilize the Finnish government’s experience in supporting and funding higher education (strategies and mechanisms for implementation)
5. Employ Finnish expertise to deal with the international challenges facing higher education and identify strategies, short and long term plans
6. Identify the quality of initiatives and updates required in higher education for adaptation and modernization in the light of Finland’s experience in facing globalization
7. Taking necessary actions to develop curricula to integrate basic life skills into multiple disciplines in the light of Finnish experiences
8. Develop teaching and learning systems in higher education institutions to train students on critical thinking skills and improve innovative abilities in the light of Finnish experience
9. Utilizing Finnish expertise in evaluating and ranking higher education institutions locally (in Egypt)
10. Utilizing Finnish expertise to meet the increasing demand for higher education and coping strategies in line with the development trends in Egypt (21 million students in pre-university education in Egypt, and the demand estimates indicate the need to provide one million additional opportunities for Egyptian students by 2020).
11. To benefit from the Finnish experience towards the future role of the university professors
12. Seeking best practices for the development of existing traditional universities in the light of Finnish experience in the establishment of universities for applied sciences and Universities for academic research.
13. Utilizing the Finnish experience in building and setting standards and models for the use of technology in teaching and learning processes to benefit students and society.
14. Review and continuous development of quality systems and benefit from Finnish expertise in marketing the concept of quality in higher education in the community and the role of society in monitoring the performance of educational institutions.
15. Developing and improving Egypt’s experience in building an electronic services center in the light of the Finnish experience
16. Twinning between Egyptian and Finnish universities: requirements, mechanisms and expected results.
17. Mechanisms and ways to overcome digital illiteracy and the role of training in it.