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Built with US aid, Egypt’s elite science academies now face collapse

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Mar 23

Written by Asmaa Hasanen

*Students at El-Maadi STEM School in Cairo, Egypt, in 2015.* ***Photo by:*** *Thomas Cristofoletti / USAID*

A network of STEM academies once held up as a model for modern education is unraveling after the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. support, exposing the fragility of reforms built on external expertise.

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Asmaa Hasanen

Built with US aid, Egypt’s elite science academies now face collapse

A network of STEM academies once held up as a model for modern education is unraveling after the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. support, exposing the fragility of reforms built on external expertise.

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