“Across the SDG 4 landscape, education systems aspire to equity, inclusion and quality, yet the data needed to monitor these aspirations are often fragmented, incomplete or outdated,” writes Amira Awaad in this blog.
She outlines how Egypt has improved its data collection, the results and actions taken. “[The dataset] covers 25.8 million students, 52,375 public schools, 9,681 private schools, and 1.26 million teachers. Most importantly, the 2025 submission includes strengthened disaggregation across gender, geography, school type and disability status.”
It highlighted improved student attendance but showed rural areas recovered slower from post-pandemic instability. It also showed teacher shortages and mismatches. Action was taken:
“In 2025, through targeted recruitment, redeployment and rationalized timetabling, Egypt eliminated the national teacher deficit entirely. Every core classroom now has a qualified teacher, and the student teacher ratio improved from 32 to 1 to 20.5 to 1 in a single year.”