Egypt MPs Call for Resignation of Education Minister
Gamal Essam El-Din
Monday 27 Jun 2016
Egypt MPs said Education Minister Al-Hilali Al-Sherbini's failure to contain the Thanawiyya Amma
exam leaks should force him to resign
Egypt parliament's education committee said in an urgent meeting on Monday that Education Minister Al-Hilali Al-Sherbini should resign from office after he failed to contain the Thanawiyya Amma exam leaks.
MPs described Al-Sherbini as a "failed minister" and as a result he should resign from office or parliament move to withdraw confidence from him.
The committee's meeting came after MPs blasted Al-Sheribni in parliament's plenary session on Monday.
Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal said Al-Sherbini should attend the committee's meeting to defend himself.
"I know that the exam leaks have left hundreds of families in Egypt suffering from psychological pain and it is the minister's duty to come to parliament to respond to the questions," Abdel-Aal said.
Abdel-Aal said the education committee should thoroughly study the exam leaks scandal, prepare a report on it and decide whether it is constitutional to withdraw confidence from the Minister of Education.
MP Zeinab Salem began the attacks against Al-Sherbini by describing him as a failed minister.
"I think parliament should have a role in this crisis which has caused a lot of pain for hundreds of families in Egypt," said Salem.
Joining forces, Salah Hassaballah, chairman of the Freedom Party, said that not only has Minister El-Sheribini failed to address the leaks crisis, but also has made the wrong decision of postponing some of the final Thanawiyya Amma exams.
"This flawed policy led hundreds of students to protest on the street and left many others in agony and distress," said Hassaballah.
Khaled Helal, an independent MP, said "the leaks of different Thanawayya Amma exams were made in an orderly way and on a wide scale this year."
"As a result, the education ministry officials, including the minister himself, were left helpless and unable to contain this crisis," said Helal, adding that "the problem is not with the minister himself, but with the ministry as a whole as this scandal has exposed a lot of corruption among its senior officials."
"I think there is a mafia of corruption inside the education ministry and that this mafia should be put on trial," said Helal.
Helal also criticised El-Sherbini's decision that the Thanawiyya Amma students face the physics exam again after it was leaked.
"This decision does a lot of injustice to excellent students who were able to answer the questions of this exam," said Helal.
Female MP Ghada Sakr said parliament should ask the armed forces or the intelligence apparatus to take charge of printing and organising Egypt's Thanawiyya Amma's exams in the coming years.
Hani Abaza, deputy chairman of parliament's education committee, told reporters that Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and Education Minister Al-Hilali Al-Sherbini should come to the committee to respond to MPs' questions and attacks.
"We have invited them and it is their duty to come to explain themselves," said Abaza.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/231972.aspx
Monday 27 Jun 2016
Egypt MPs said Education Minister Al-Hilali Al-Sherbini's failure to contain the Thanawiyya Amma
exam leaks should force him to resign
Egypt parliament's education committee said in an urgent meeting on Monday that Education Minister Al-Hilali Al-Sherbini should resign from office after he failed to contain the Thanawiyya Amma exam leaks.
MPs described Al-Sherbini as a "failed minister" and as a result he should resign from office or parliament move to withdraw confidence from him.
The committee's meeting came after MPs blasted Al-Sheribni in parliament's plenary session on Monday.
Speaker Ali Abdel-Aal said Al-Sherbini should attend the committee's meeting to defend himself.
"I know that the exam leaks have left hundreds of families in Egypt suffering from psychological pain and it is the minister's duty to come to parliament to respond to the questions," Abdel-Aal said.
Abdel-Aal said the education committee should thoroughly study the exam leaks scandal, prepare a report on it and decide whether it is constitutional to withdraw confidence from the Minister of Education.
MP Zeinab Salem began the attacks against Al-Sherbini by describing him as a failed minister.
"I think parliament should have a role in this crisis which has caused a lot of pain for hundreds of families in Egypt," said Salem.
Joining forces, Salah Hassaballah, chairman of the Freedom Party, said that not only has Minister El-Sheribini failed to address the leaks crisis, but also has made the wrong decision of postponing some of the final Thanawiyya Amma exams.
"This flawed policy led hundreds of students to protest on the street and left many others in agony and distress," said Hassaballah.
Khaled Helal, an independent MP, said "the leaks of different Thanawayya Amma exams were made in an orderly way and on a wide scale this year."
"As a result, the education ministry officials, including the minister himself, were left helpless and unable to contain this crisis," said Helal, adding that "the problem is not with the minister himself, but with the ministry as a whole as this scandal has exposed a lot of corruption among its senior officials."
"I think there is a mafia of corruption inside the education ministry and that this mafia should be put on trial," said Helal.
Helal also criticised El-Sherbini's decision that the Thanawiyya Amma students face the physics exam again after it was leaked.
"This decision does a lot of injustice to excellent students who were able to answer the questions of this exam," said Helal.
Female MP Ghada Sakr said parliament should ask the armed forces or the intelligence apparatus to take charge of printing and organising Egypt's Thanawiyya Amma's exams in the coming years.
Hani Abaza, deputy chairman of parliament's education committee, told reporters that Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and Education Minister Al-Hilali Al-Sherbini should come to the committee to respond to MPs' questions and attacks.
"We have invited them and it is their duty to come to explain themselves," said Abaza.
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/231972.aspx
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