Tens of thousands of striking teachers brought central Cairo to a halt on 24 September in a huge protest outside the parliament buildings to press home their demands for the resignation of the Education Minister and improved pay and conditions. Delegations of teachers from across Egypt mobilised for the demonstration which was also joined by…

The national teachers’ strike continued on Thursday, with many areas reporting almost no schools working. In Suez governorate, 90% of schools were shut, for example. Meanwhile Education Minister Ahmad Gamal el-Din promised ‘tangible and positive results’ following discussions with the Ministry of Finance over funding for promotions and bonuses for 600,000 teachers, as well as…

Egypt’s first national teachers’ strike since 1951 has seen strong support from schools across the country, despite threats from the government and reports of harassment of striking teachers by the security forces. Teachers’ main demands are the resignation of the education minister, a senior figure in the former ruling party, and improvements in wages and…

Over the past week thousands of Students and Workers at the American University in Cairo have been staging an ongoing sit-in and partial strike protesting unjustified increases in fees, corruption in management, low workers wages, the issue of workers without contract or medical and social security benefits, the resignation of various officials at the university…

From Gigi Ibrahim’s YouTube channel: “The AUC Strike (DDC workers, Security Staff, Custodial workers, & Students) enter into day 4 with no adequate response from the administration to the righteous demands of the strikers. Thus the students decided on day 4 to occupy area in front of president Lisa Anderson’s office in the administration building…

Up to 40,000 teachers from across Egypt demonstrated outside the parliament buildings on Saturday 10 September, calling for the resignation of the Minister of Education and pay increases. They came in huge delegations from practically every town and city in the country to take their message to the government. One banner summed up the militant…

Hundreds of staff and students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) took part in joint protests on 11 September. Security officers and other staff at the university’s new campus are demanding wage rises while students are fighting a 9 percent rise in tuition fees. More details online here.   Send messages of support for…