Coordination Officeโ Decision Dashes Engineering Aspirations for Technical Diploma Holders
cairo,Egypt – A recent โdecision by the Coordination Office is sparking โคoutrage among technical diploma holders seeking admission to engineeringโข institutes,effectively ending their pathway after years of anticipation. The move,impacting the 2025 โgraduating class,reverses a โpreviously established process where students with qualifyingโ scores could nominate engineering programs โคthrough theโ Coordination Office’s designatedโ acceptance site.
For years, technical diploma graduates relied on the Coordination โOffice to facilitateโ their entry into engineering programs, a system now abruptly halted. Parentsโฃ and studentsโค are voicing concerns thatโข this decision disregards the efforts of students who have dedicated the past three yearsโ to achieving theโข minimum required โgrades, with some โฃearning totals exceeding 90%. The change leavesโค many โfearing lost opportunitiesโค as the technical diploma coordination period nears its close.
The decision stems from a recentโข directive by the Council of special Institutes of โคSupreme Institutes,โ allowingโ private โhigh institutes with 33 academic accreditations toโฃ directly enrollโค students after the official coordination period concludes. This โฃhasโข ignited criticism that the move undermines equal โprospect and fair distribution of placements, possibly favoring private institutionsโ and opening the door โto unregulated educational entities.
Complaints have flooded the Egyptian government โportal, with parents demanding an exception for the 2025 cohort. Criticsโค argueโ the Coordination โOffice possesses data on high-achieving students and that this โdecision eliminates healthy competition among accredited institutes, effectively โขsteering students towards specific, pre-approved programs. The admission guide published onโฃ the Coordination โOffice website previously affirmed the right of students โto accept placements at private institutes, further fueling the controversy.