Out of its concern about the future of Egyptian sports men and women and true champions in various sports, the Egyptian Olympic Committee held a meeting on Wednesday 16/12/2015 with different sports organizations in Egypt including Olympic and non Olympic federations, sports clubs, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports to discuss the issue of cancelling the sports practicing bonus which used to be granted to students in relation to their sports achievements on the local level as of 2016-2017.

A number of discussions took place and many ideas were raised to solve this dilemma. Accordingly, the Egyptian Olympic Committee decided to formulate a commission from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Egyptian Olympic Committee , the Olympic and non Olympic sports federations, the clubs  and the Ministry of Higher Education to overcome the shortcomings which characterize the current sports practicing bonus system and also to avoid manipulating such a system or giving certain benefits to those who does not deserve it whether intentionally or unintentionally. 

The task of this commission is to perform a comprehensive study about the issue to reach a viable just solution that guarantee that the sports practicing bonus is received by true sports champions without prejudice to the concept of equal opportunities and the rights of other students who are not practicing sports; and without prejudice to the opportunity of any student who wants to enter a certain university or collage according to his/her academic records.
Such commission is to present its findings and recommendations to the competent authorities in order to solve this issue. Meanwhile, there is still sufficient time to reach a viable solution as this decision will start to be applicable as of the upcoming school year 2016- 2017 and not the current one 2015- 2016
Finally, we wish Egypt to be always prosperous in all fields and we wish for Egyptian sports men and women all the best in raising our flag high on the international sports level.