The ever-sardonic Amr Adib said the government might as well shut down schools in Egypt considering the state they’re in (watch, runtime: 5:38). Adib showcased the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS) global rankings, which placed Egypt among the bottom two countries in terms of math and science education, prompting Adib to call Egypt’s schools “a waste of money.” The host also dug into how difficult life has become for publishers of school books after the float of the EGP (watch, runtime: 3:43).

In between calls for donations for Abu El Reesh Hospital (watch, runtime: 5:15), Adib also mused aloud about how the Ismail government will cope the prospect of higher oil prices after yesterday’s OPEC agreement, saying the state budget is based on oil at USD 40 per bbl (watch, runtime: 3:08).

Over on CBC, Momken’s Reham Ibrahim questioned MP Tarek El Kholy, who phoned in from London where he is part of a parliamentary delegation visiting the UK to lobby for restoring flights to Sharm El Sheikh. “We felt was that the decision to continue holding back flights to Sharm was politically motivated and it had no relation with security in Egypt’s airports,” he said (watch the full episode here, runtime: 1:54:38). El Kholy had earlier called in to Al Hayah Al Youm, where he said the Ikhwan was actively lobbying officials in London (watch, runtime: 5:27).
Ibrahim Eissa allocated his weekly Wednesday debate to discuss the future of print journalism in Egypt (watch, runtime: 16:50), while Lamees Al Hadidy was off again last night.