From the 2025/26 academic year, Grade 1 pupils will study a Japanese-standard mathematics curriculum developed jointly with Tokyo and taught as it is in Japanese schools. The shift extends Japan’s role in Egypt’s education system beyond school culture and Tokkatsu routines into core subjects, backed by teacher training and support from the Japanese firm Sprix.
At the same time, Egypt has adopted Japan’s QUREO platform as the national coding and artificial-intelligence (AI) curriculum for first-year secondary students. Authorities say it is among the region’s largest digital-education rollouts, with 750,000 registered learners and 236,000 students completing the course.
Together, the expansion of Tokkatsu schools, the introduction of Japanese mathematics, and the nationwide rollout of QUREO amount to a full Japanese-Egyptian education model now shaping how millions of students are taught.
Egyptian–Japanese Schools (EJS)
The planned scale-up to 500 schools would create the largest Tokkatsu-based network outside Japan. Current enrolment is estimated at 18,000–20,000 students; projected capacity ranges from 125,000 to 150,000 students depending on school size.
EJS schools use Japan’s Tokkatsu approach to build teamwork, responsibility, communication, and classroom behaviour through daily routines such as cleaning (souji), classroom meetings, student committees, and student-led activities.
Teacher training is delivered through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) programmes and a national Tokkatsu Training and Certification System—unique outside Japan—with Japanese education specialists embedded in schools.
Japanese agencies say Egypt is the first country to adopt Tokkatsu on a national scale with a dedicated network, daily practice, and formal certification.
Fees (2025–2026)
Annual tuition is EGP 18,650 for new students, excluding books, transport, and uniforms. Fees previously averaged around EGP 16,000, with early pilot schools charging EGP 2,000–4,000.
Tokkatsu: Definition and Development
Tokkatsu is a compulsory Japanese framework aimed at developing behaviour, cooperation, communication, and civic responsibility. Research links it to improved classroom conduct, social cohesion, motivation, and school climate.
The system evolved from Meiji-era moral-education routines, became part of Japan’s post-war curriculum as “Special Activities,” and was later reshaped to emphasise communication and emotional resilience. Egypt is the only country implementing the full model at scale.
Implementation: Japan vs Egypt
In Japan, Tokkatsu is mandatory nationwide and built into daily governance.
In Egypt, it is practised daily in all EJS schools with support from Japanese advisors and TTCS certification, making it the fastest-growing Tokkatsu programme outside Japan.
QUREO: Coding and AI curriculum
From 2025/26, QUREO becomes compulsory for first-year Thanaweya Amma and Egyptian Baccalaureate students and will extend to technical schools in 2026/27. The course covers programming basics, AI concepts, platform design, and computational thinking using Python and JavaScript.
Students access the material through the General Certificates Platform, with exams hosted in QUREO and certificates accredited by Hiroshima University.
Digital Learning Ecosystem
QUREO tutorial videos have drawn hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube, with individual walkthroughs ranging from 2,000 to over 130,000 views.
Combined Impact
The expansion merges behavioural training through Tokkatsu with digital-skills instruction through QUREO, giving Egypt the only institutionalized Tokkatsu system outside Japan and one of the region’s largest compulsory AI and coding programmes.
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