Letter to the Clerk of the Committee from
Mr Alan Gemmell, Director External Relations, British Council
BRITISH COUNCIL
KNOWLEDGE AND
LEARNING CENTRES
IN EGYPT
Having reviewed the provision of British Council
information services in Egypt, we have decided to make a number
of changes to our Knowledge and Learning centres and public lending
facilities. The changes reflect our new focus on employability
in Egypt, a priority agenda for the Egyptian Government, and are
designed to ensure we continue to meet the educational needs and
international aspirations of current and futures users of our
services.
The country-wide focus on employability will
be led from our office in Alexandria and will see new products
and services which meet the professional development needs of
a growing number of our customers and lead to increased take-up
of UK qualifications.
To help achieve this new focus we have decided
to close our Knowledge and Learning Centre in Cairo (Agouza) and
withdraw our general public-lending facility from 20 August 2009.
In addition, public-lending facilities at our Knowledge and Learning
Centre in Alexandria will stop on 17 September 2009. We will,
however, continue to offer services to current and future UK qualifications
candidates including a range of learning materials and online
support.
10 July 2009
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